楷 - Dong Chinese dictionary

This information for this character has not been manually reviewed and may not be accurate.

kǎi, jiē

model style of Chinese writing

The script 木 used by commoners 皆

Components

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

皆 Meaning component

jiē

all

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

kǎi

model style of Chinese writing; model; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style)

jiē

Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)

Most common words with 楷

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	楷模	model
	李泽楷	Richard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
	楷	model
	楷书	regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
	正楷	regular script (Chinese calligraphic style)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3530th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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