恺
愷Meanings
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- 1.joyful
- 2.kind
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Wiktionary
- 1.music of triumph; paean
- 2.triumph; victory
- 3.triumphant; victorious
- 4.generous with money
- 5.a surname
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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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Related words
恺悌 happy and easygoing恺彻 variant of 恺撒, Caesar (emperor) used by Yan Fu 严复恺撒 Caesar (name)恺弟 variant of 恺悌[kǎi tì]顾恺之 Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家裘力斯·恺撒 Julius Caesar, 1599 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚[Shā shì bǐ yà]