岂
豈Meanings
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- 1.how? (emphatic question)
- 1.old variant of 恺[kǎi]
- 2.old variant of 凯[kǎi]
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Wiktionary
- 1.music of triumph; paean
- 2.triumph; victory
- 3.triumphant; victorious
- 4.generous with money
- 5.a surname
- 6.how; why
- 7.peaceful; harmonious; joyful
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Etymology
Two possibilities: * Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ): semantic 豈 (“drum”) + phonetic 几 (OC *krilʔ), in which case 豈 may have been the initial form of this character. * Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ): phonetic 豈 (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯlʔ) + semantic 几. Originally used to mean “music of triumph; victory music”.
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