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恺

kǎi

Character Traditional 愷

What 恺 means

1. joyful
2. kind

Words starting with 恺

• 恺悌kǎi tìhappy and easygoing; friendly
• 恺撒Kǎi sāCaesar (name); Gaius Julius Caesar 100-42 BC; by extension, emperor, Kaiser, Tsar
• 恺弟kǎi tìvariant of 恺悌
• 恺彻Kǎi chèvariant of 恺撒, Caesar (emperor) used by Yan Fu 严复

Words containing 恺

• 顾恺之Gù Kǎi zhīGu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the…
• 裘力斯·恺撒Qiú lì sī · Kǎi sāJulius Caesar, 1599 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚

Characters built on 岂

These share the phonetic component 岂 (qǐ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 凯kǎi(bound form) triumphal music; (Taiwan; colloquial) generous with money…
• 皑ái(literary) white as snow
• 铠kǎiarmor
• 剀kǎiused in 剀切
• 硙áiused in 硙硙
• 垲kǎidry terrain

Characters that look like 恺

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 使shǐto make; to cause; to enable
• 便biànplain; informal; suitable
• 艳yànbright; fresh and attractive; glamorous; (bound form) amorous; romantic…
• 悄qiāoused in 悄悄
• 佬lǎomale; man (Cantonese)
• 桤qīalder

Sounds the same

Read kǎi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 慨indignant; generous; to sigh (with emotion)
• 凯(bound form) triumphal music; (Taiwan; colloquial) generous with money…
• 楷model; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style)
• 铠armor
• 锴high quality iron
• 剀used in 剀切
• 垲dry terrain
• 闿to loosen; to open
• 颽balmy; genial as wind
• 岂old variant of 恺; old variant of 凯