嘅 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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kǎi, gě

sound of sighing

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 既 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

既 Sound component

jì

already

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kǎi

sound of sighing; (Cant.) possessive

gě

possessive particle (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 的[de]

kǎi

old variant of 慨[kǎi]; to sigh (with emotion)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*C.qʰˤəp-s	khojH	kǎi	sigh

Statistics

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