See also:
U+8A08, 計
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8A08

[U+8A07]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+8A09]

Translingual edit

 
Stroke order
 

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 149, +2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口十 (YRJ), four-corner 04600, composition )

Derived characters edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1147, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35220
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1613, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3937, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+8A08

Chinese edit

trad.
simp.
alternative forms 𧨻

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 

Ideogrammic compound (會意会意): (say) + (all).

Pronunciation edit


Note:
  • gai3, gai3-2 - “plot”, “way to deal with something”;
  • gei3 - in 夥計伙计.
Note: gai5* - “plot”.
Note:
  • ki - literary;
  • kie - vernacular.
  • Jin
  • Northern Min
  • Eastern Min
  • Southern Min
  • Note:
    • kè - literary;
    • kì/kòe - vernacular.
    Note:
    • goi3 - vernacular;
    • gi3 - literary.
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    Harbin /t͡ɕi⁵³/
    Tianjin /t͡ɕi⁵³/
    Jinan /t͡ɕi²¹/
    Qingdao /t͡ɕi⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /t͡ɕi³¹²/
    Xi'an /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    Xining /t͡ɕji²¹³/
    Yinchuan /t͡ɕi¹³/
    Lanzhou /t͡ɕi¹³/
    Ürümqi /t͡ɕi²¹³/
    Wuhan /t͡ɕi³⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡ɕi¹³/
    Guiyang /t͡ɕi²¹³/
    Kunming /t͡ɕi²¹²/
    Nanjing /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    Hefei /t͡sz̩⁵³/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
    Pingyao /t͡ɕi³⁵/
    Hohhot /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕi³⁵/
    Suzhou /t͡ɕi⁵¹³/
    Hangzhou /t͡ɕi⁴⁴⁵/
    Wenzhou /t͡sz̩⁴²/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕi³²⁴/
    Tunxi /t͡ɕi⁴²/
    Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
    Xiangtan /t͡ɕi²⁴/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕi⁴⁵/
    Hakka Meixian /ki⁵³/
    Taoyuan /ke⁵⁵/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /kɐi³³/
    Nanning /kɐi³³/
    Hong Kong /kɐi³³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /ke²¹/
    /ki²¹/
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kiɛ²¹²/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ki³³/
    Shantou (Teochew) /koi²¹³/
    /ki²¹³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /ki³⁵/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (28)
    Final () (39)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () IV
    Fanqie
    Baxter kejH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /keiH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /keiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /kɛiH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /kɛjH/
    Li
    Rong
    /keiH/
    Wang
    Li
    /kieiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /kieiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    gai3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ kejH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kˁij-s/
    English calculate

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 5835
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*kiːds/

    Definitions edit

    1. to calculate; to count
      [Cantonese]  ―  gai3 hei2 tiu4 sou3 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
        ―  shù yǐ bǎi   ―  to number in the hundreds
      幾多 [Cantonese, trad.]
      几多 [Cantonese, simp.]
      gai3 haa5 nei go3 jyut6 jung6 zo2 gei2 do1 cin4-2 [Jyutping]
      to calculate how much was spent this month
    2. to amount to
      學生520学生520  ―  Quán xiào yǒu xuéshēng 520 rén.  ―  The school has 520 students in total.
    3. (chiefly in the negative) to consider; to be concerned with
      後果后果  ―  hòuguǒ  ―  to not be concerned about consequences
    4. to plan; to plot
    5. plan; plot; scheme
        ―  zhòng  ―  to fall into a trap
      反間反间  ―  fǎnjiàn  ―  stratagem of letting the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp
    6. (Cantonese) solution; way to deal with something
      [Cantonese]  ―  nam2 gai3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to think of a way to deal with something
      [Cantonese]  ―  mou5 gai3-2 [Jyutping]  ―  one can't do anything about it
    7. (Cantonese) to regard as; to consider
    8. gauge
      安培安培  ―  ānpéi  ―  ammeter
    9. (Hokkien) all

    Synonyms edit

    Compounds edit

    References edit

    Japanese edit

    Kanji edit

    (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Noun edit

    (けい) (kei

    1. plan, total

    Readings edit

    Compounds edit

    Suffix edit

    (けい) (-kei

    1. -meter (measuring device)

    Prefix edit

    (けい) (kei-

    1. a total of…, in total

    Korean edit

    Etymology edit

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

    Pronunciation edit

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [kje̞(ː)] ~ [ke̞(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

    Hanja edit

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun (sel gye))

    1. Hanja form? of (count; calculation).
    2. Hanja form? of (plan).
    3. Hanja form? of (total).

    Compounds edit

    Vietnamese edit

    Han character edit

    : Hán Việt readings: , kế
    : Nôm readings: , , kẻ, kẽ, kế, kể

    1. chữ Hán form of kế (a plot; a scheme; a stratagem).
    2. Nôm form of ((placed after the main verb) to obtain a share of something with someone).
    3. Nôm form of kẻ ((pejorative) individual, person, man).
    4. Nôm form of kể (to tell).