愷
kǎi

enjoy

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 豈 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

豈
豈 Sound component
qǐ victorious music, happy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhojXC.qʰˤəjʔtriumphal music; happy
Zhengzhangŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ
Unicodekə̌i

說文解字

康也。从心、豈，豈亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

恺 kǎi enjoy Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 岂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 愷.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

岂
岂 Sound component
qǐ victorious music, happy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode