general / approximate

= + : Guy Fawkes celebrates Christmachrist in the airplane's bathroom with a Christmas tree as a team of four horses arrive. Guy Fawkes, not being too familiar with the traditions of Christmachrist, thinks that these must be the four kings which will give him the presents—at least he thinks that this is what he approximately heard. He should have thought twice, as the four horses are not four kings, but the four horses of the apocalypse.
old variant of 概[gai4]

= + : Guy Fawkes celebrates Christmachrist in the airplane's bathroom with a Christmas tree as a team of four horses arrive. Guy Fawkes, not being too familiar with the traditions of Christmachrist, thinks that these must be the four kings which will give him the presents—at least he thinks that this is what he approximately heard. He should have thought twice, as the four horses are not four kings, but the four horses of the apocalypse.

概 character breakdown

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.
surname Mu
tree / wood / coffin / wooden / simple / numb / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a Christmas tree. Malte Monkey is putting up a Christmas tree (木) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). He's using a cross (十) as a base to put the tree on, and decorates the tree with eight-balls (八).
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

Characters with 概 as component

概 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 概

all / without any exceptions / categorically
synopsis / outline (of story)
to lump different matters together (idiom)
prior probability (statistics)
posterior probability (statistics)
(math.) a scheme
China concepts stock (stock in a Chinese company that trades on an exchange outside China or in Hong Kong) (abbr. for 中國概念股|中国概念股[Zhong1 guo2 gai4 nian4 gu3])

Sentences with 概

概 currently does not appear in any sentence.