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恺

愷
kǎi
adjective #45,949

Meanings

  1. 1 joyful; happy
  2. 2 kind; amiable

Examples

HSK 7-9
他的名字用了恺字，意思是和善快乐。
Tā de míngzi yòng le kǎi zì, yìsi shì héshàn kuàilè.
His name uses the character kai, meaning kind and joyful.
HSK 7-9
军队在恺乐声中凯旋。
Jūnduì zài kǎiyuè shēng zhōng kǎixuán.
The army returned in triumph to the sound of victory music.

Tips

usage
Literary and rare; most often a given-name character meaning kind and joyful. It shares its root with 凯 (triumphant) - 恺乐 is music of celebration. Notable bearer: cartoonist 丰子恺.

Components

radical
忄 xīn
heart (left-side form)
Left-side heart radical 忄, the upright form of 心. Joy and kindness are feelings of the heart, so the heart radical anchors 恺.
phonetic
岂 qǐ
how (rhetorical); surely not
Right side 岂 supplies the sound (qǐ shifting to kǎi). The same phonetic gives 凯 (triumphant) and 铠 (armor).

Stroke Order

恺 kǎi