gài

generally

Variant of .

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkɯːds
Unicodegə̀i

說文解字

《說文》:“,斗斛。从木,既聲。邵瑛羣經正字:“今經典多作概。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica