慨
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(archaic) to sigh
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,162 U+6168
How 慨 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
忄 (semantic, “heart”) + 既 (phonetic, jì)
How to remember it
incensed · Heisig RSH #2528
state of mind + 既 since
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 既
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 既 (jì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 既 sound component | jì | already, since, then; both; de facto |
| 概 | gài | generally, probably, approximately |
| 暨 | jì | and; to reach, to attain; limits, confines |
| 溉 | gài | to water, to irrigate, to flood; to wash |
| 厩 | jiù | stable; barnyard |
| 嘅 | gě | the sound of a sigh |
Words containing 慨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感慨 | gǎn kǎi | to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful; deeply moved |
| 慷慨解囊 | kāng kǎi jiě náng | to contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money; to give generously to cha… |
| 慷慨输将 | kāng kǎi shū jiāng | to donate generously (idiom) |
| 慷慨捐生 | kāng kǎi juān shēng | sacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause |
| 慷慨赴义 | kāng kǎi fù yì | heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause |
| 慷慨激昂 | kāng kǎi jī áng | impassioned; vehement |
| 慨叹 | kǎi tàn | to sigh with regret; lament |
| 愤慨 | fèn kǎi | to resent; resentment |
| 慷慨 | kāng kǎi | vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous |