old variant of 慨[kai3] / to sigh (with emotion)

= + : Karl Marx (k) is riding right up to the king in the airplane (ai3) with his team of four horses (既), demanding help to change the world. The king sighs (慨) and generously (慨) hands him a flail (忄).
indignant / generous / to sigh (with emotion)

= + : Karl Marx (k) is riding right up to the king in the airplane (ai3) with his team of four horses (既), demanding help to change the world. The king sighs (慨) and generously (慨) hands him a flail (忄).

慨 character breakdown

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

Looks a bit like a flail.
already / since / both... (and...)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: the saying 一言既出,驷马难追 means "lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept". Thus, I'll represent this character with a team of four horses.

Joan of Arc made a bet with a team of four horses that she'd be able to chew 20 chewing gums at once. After stuffing ten of them into her mouth she's already chocking, but what has been said cannot be retracted by a team of four horses.

Characters with 慨 as component

慨 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 慨

vehement / fervent / generous / giving / liberal
to resent / resentment
to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money / to give generously to charity
to sigh with sorrow, regret etc / rueful / deeply moved
to sigh with regret / lament
heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause

Sentences with 慨

慨 currently does not appear in any sentence.