慨

kǎi

verb #51,652

Meanings

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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