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kǎi = k + ai3
joyful / kind
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How to pronounce 愷

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai3 final

In the airplane’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

愷 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
xīn = xi + (e)n1
Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element
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kǎi = k + ai3
old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3]
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= qi + Ø3
how? (emphatic question)
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Characters with 愷 as component

愷 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 愷

variant of 愷悌|恺悌[kai3 ti4]
variant of 愷撒|恺撒, Caesar (emperor) used by Yan Fu 嚴復|严复
happy and easygoing / friendly

Sentences with 愷

愷 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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kǎi

joyful / kind

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