慨

kǎi

verb #51,652

Meanings

看着旧照片，他十分感慨。

Kànzhe jiù zhàopiàn, tā shífēn gǎnkǎi.

Looking at the old photos, he sighed with deep emotion.

他慷慨地捐出了全部积蓄。

Tā kāngkǎi de juānchū le quánbù jīxù.

He generously donated all of his savings.

usage

慨 has two flavors: emotional sighing in 感慨 (to sigh with feeling) and 慨叹 (to lament), and open-handedness in 慷慨 (generous).

radical

忄 xīn

heart; feeling

忄 is the heart radical 心 in its left-side form, marking 慨 as an emotion: the swell of feeling that makes one sigh.

phonetic

既 jì

already; since

既 supplies the sound element (shifted from jì to kǎi) and carries no meaning here, serving as the phonetic part.

慨 kǎi