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楷

jiē

Character

What 楷 means

1. Chinese pistachio tree (Pistacia chinensis)

Other readings

楷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• kǎimodel; pattern; regular script (calligraphic style)

Words starting with 楷

• 楷模kǎi mómodel; example
• 楷书kǎi shūregular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
• 楷字kǎi zìregular script (Chinese calligraphic style)
• 楷体kǎi tǐregular script (Chinese calligraphic style)

Words containing 楷

• 李泽楷Lǐ Zé kǎiRichard Li (1966-), Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
• 正楷zhèng kǎiregular script (Chinese calligraphic style)

Characters built on 皆

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

• 谐xié(bound form) harmonious; (bound form) humorous; (literary) to reach agreement
• 偕xiéin company with

Characters that look like 楷

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

• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 楞léngvariant of 棱; used in 楞迦
• 楂cháfell trees; raft; to hew
• 棣dìKerria japonica

Sounds the same

Read jiē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 接to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 街street
• 阶rank or step; stairs
• 揭to take the lid off; to expose; to unmask
• 皆all; each and every; in all cases
• 结(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. jié
• 嗟sigh; also pr. juē
• 秸grain stalks left after threshing
• 疖pimple; sore; boil
• 椄(archaic) to graft (a branch, bud etc)
• 湝flowing (of water)
• 喈harmonious (of music)