kǎi

enjoy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

岂 sound component

  Sound component

kǎi

  

victorious music, happy

Evolution

恺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
恺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
恺 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
恺 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
恺 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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kǎi

enjoy, be contented, joyful; joyful; kind

Most common words with 恺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

joyful

恺撒

Caesar (name)

顾恺之

Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家