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  1. 1.how? (emphatic question)
kǎi
  1. 1.old variant of 恺[kǎi]
  2. 2.old variant of 凯[kǎi]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.music of triumph; paean
  2. 2.triumph; victory
  3. 3.triumphant; victorious
  4. 4.generous with money
  5. 5.a surname
  6. 6.how; why
  7. 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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