kǎi

sharpen

Evolution

剴 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
剴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

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kǎi

sharpen; carefully, thorough; carefully; moderately

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6294th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

Unicode

U+5274

Shuowen

“剴,大鎌也。一曰摩也。从刀,豈聲。”


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