凯 (kǎi): (bound form) triumphal music, (Tw) (coll.) generous with money, lavish in spending, chi (Greek letter Χχ)
凯 (kǎi) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) triumphal music.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 岂 (structural) and 几 (structural). It ranks #1438 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- (bound form) triumphal music
- (Tw) (coll.) generous with money
- lavish in spending
- chi (Greek letter Χχ)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凯文 | kǎi wén | Kevin (person name) |
| 凯特 | kǎi tè | Kate (name) |
| 凯蒂 | kǎi dì | (name) Kitty, Cathy, Katy, Caddy etc |
| 凯瑟琳 | kǎi sè lín | Catherine (name) |
| 凯利 | kǎi lì | Kelly (person name) |
| 凯撒 | kǎi sā | Caesar or Kaiser (name) |
| 凯迪拉克 | kǎi dí lā kè | Cadillac |
| 凯旋 | kǎi xuán | to return in triumph |
| 麦凯恩 | mài kǎi ēn | McCain (name) |
| 凯歌 | kǎi gē | triumphal hymn |
| 凯尼恩 | kǎi ní ēn | (name) Kenyon |
| 凯子 | kǎi zi | (slang) rich, good-looking guy |
| 凯里 | kǎi lǐ | see 凱里市|凯里市[Kai3 li3 Shi4] |
| 海伦·凯勒 | hǎi lún · kǎi lè | Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deaf-blind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle W... |
| 凯恩斯 | kǎi ēn sī | (name) Keynes |
凯 appears in 44 compound words: 66 as the first character, 2 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 凯 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
凯字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
kǎi zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "凯" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
...子下面窄到一根手指都疼是怎么回事?能通过凯格尔运动改善吗
. . . zǐ xià miàn zhǎi dào yī gēn shǒu zhǐ dōu téng shì zěn má huí shì ? néng tōng guò kǎi gé ěr yùn dòng gǎi shàn ma
... What's going on with the bottom of the sub so narrow that a finger hurts? Can it be improved by Kegel exercises?
...ipsy共同发明人徐蓁获国际双料殊荣 周凯旋:科技与人性完美结合的技术
. . . i p s y gòng tóng fā míng rén xú 蓁 huò guó jì shuāng liào shū róng zhōu kǎi xuán : kē jì yǔ rén xìng wán měi jié gě de jì shù
... Xu Zhen, co-inventor of iPSY, won the international double award Zhou Kaixuan: A technology that perfectly combines technology and human nature
徐蓁获国际双料殊荣 周凯旋称Histotripsy是科技与人性完...
xú 蓁 huò guó jì shuāng liào shū róng zhōu kǎi xuán chèn H i s t o t r i p s y shì kē jì yǔ rén xìng wán . . .
Xu Zhen won the international double award Zhou Kaixuan said that Histotripsy is the perfection of science and technology and human nature...
美媒报导凯恩将军对袭击伊朗立场 川普回应
měi méi bào dǎo kǎi ēn jiāng jūn duì xí jī yī lǎng lì chǎng chuān pǔ huí yīng
US media reported that General Kaine's position on the attack on Iran Trump responded
凯基金五箭齐发 获利亮眼
kǎi jī jīn wǔ jiàn qí fā huò lì liàng yǎn
Kai Fund made eye-catching profits
海伦凯勒眼盲，耳聋，又哑。
Hǎilún kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng, yòu yā.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and dumb.
汤姆陪凯特走回家。
Tāngmǔ péi Kǎitè zǒu huíjiā.
Tom walked Kate home.
海伦·凯勒眼盲、耳聋并且不能说话。
Hǎilún · kǎi lè yǎn máng, ěrlóng bìngqiě bù néng shuōhuà.
Helen Keller was blind, deaf and mute.
凯教授已研究昆虫四十年。
Kǎi jiàoshòu yǐ yánjiū kūnchóng sìshí nián.
Professor Kai has been studying insects for forty years.
Character Family
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