概

See also: 槪

概 U+6982, 概 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6982 ← 榁 [U+6981] CJK Unified Ideographs 榃 → [U+6983]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

概 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9 in Chinese, 木+10 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 木日戈山 (DAIU), four-corner 4191₄, composition ⿰木既)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15217
• Dae Jaweon: page 935, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1256, character 8
• Unihan data for U+6982

Chinese

trad.		概/槪
simp.		概
alternative forms		槩／概

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (旡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
溉	*kɯːds, *kɯds
槩	*kɯːds
概	*kɯːds
摡	*kɯːds, *qʰɯds
慨	*kʰɯːds
嘅	*kʰɯːds
穊	*krɯds
暨	*ɡrɯds, *kɯds, *krɯd
鱀	*ɡrɯds, *ɡɯs
塈	*ɡrɯds, *qʰɯds
既	*kɯds
旡	*kɯds
蔇	*kɯds
炁	*kʰɯds
櫭	*ɡrad
曁	*kɯd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kɯːds) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 既 (OC *kɯds) – strickle.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gài (gai⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): koi³ / goi³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): koi¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khói

  (Meixian, Guangdong): koi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): kái
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kài / khài

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kai³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵ke

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gài
    • Wade–Giles: kai⁴
    • Yale: gài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gay
    • Palladius: гай (gaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: koi³ / goi³
    • Yale: koi / goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koi³ / goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: koi³ / goi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːi̯³³/, /kɔːi̯³³/

Note: goi3 - variant.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: koi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰᵘɔi³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khói
    • Hakka Romanization System: koi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: koi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: koi³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰoɪ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kái
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑi²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài / khài
    • Tâi-lô: kài / khài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaix, qaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/, /kʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹/, /kʰai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kai³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khài
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰai²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ke
    • MiniDict: ke^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ke
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ke³⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 概
Mandarin	Beijing	/kai⁵¹/
	Harbin	/kai⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kai⁵³/
	Jinan	/kɛ²¹/
	Qingdao	/kɛ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kai³¹²/
	Xi'an	/kai⁴⁴/
	Xining	/kɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/kɛ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kɛ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kai²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kʰai³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kʰai¹³/ /kai¹³/
	Guiyang	/kʰai²¹³/
	Kunming	/kʰæ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kae⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/kʰe̞⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kai⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/kæ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/kʰɛ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/kʰe³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ke̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ke̞⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ke⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/kɛ³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/kuə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/kʰai⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/kʰai⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰai²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰoi³¹/
	Taoyuan	/kʰoi³¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰɔi³³/
	Nanning	/kʰɔi³³/
	Hong Kong	/kʰɔi³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kai²¹/ /kʰai²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kʰɑi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kʰai³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kʰai²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/xai³⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤə[t]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	概
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gài
Middle Chinese	‹ kojH ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁə[t]-s/
English	to strickle
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	概
Reading #	1/1
No.	5812
Phonetic component	旡
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	漑
Old Chinese	/*kɯːds/
Notes	槩字注或體今通作此

Definitions

概

1. general idea
2. general; rough; approximate
3. manner; mettle
4. scenery; scene
5. without exception; categorically; absolutely

   概不退換／概不退换  ―  gài bù tuìhuàn  ―  absolutely no refunds/exchange

6. (historical) strickle
7. (archaic) to strickle; to scrape flat

Compounds

• 一概 (yīgài)
• 一概抹殺 / 一概抹杀
• 一概而言
• 一概而論 / 一概而论 (yīgài'érlùn)
• 並概青雲 / 并概青云
• 以偏概全 (yǐpiāngàiquán)
• 勝概 / 胜概 (shènggài)
• 大概 (dàgài)
• 斗概
• 梗概 (gěnggài)
• 概念 (gàiniàn)
• 概念句
• 概念車 / 概念车
• 概括 (gàikuò)
• 概括承受
• 概數 / 概数 (gàishù)
• 概況 / 概况 (gàikuàng)
• 概然律
• 概率 (gàilǜ)
• 概略 (gàilüè)
• 概算 (gàisuàn)
• 概而不論 / 概而不论
• 概舉 / 概举
• 概莫能外 (gàimònéngwài)
• 概要 (gàiyào)
• 概觀 / 概观
• 概說 / 概说 (gàishuō)
• 概論 / 概论 (gàilùn)
• 概貌 (gàimào)
• 概述 (gàishù)
• 權概 / 权概
• 氣概 / 气概 (qìgài)
• 節概 / 节概
• 膜外概置
• 複合概念 / 复合概念
• 關連概念 / 关连概念
• 風概 / 风概

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	概
Kyūjitai	槪

Kanji

概

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 槪)

1. outline
2. condition
3. approximation
4. generally

Readings

• Go-on: かい (kai)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
• Kun: とかき (tokaki, 概)、おおむね (ōmune, 概ね)^{←おほむね (ofomune, 概ね, historical)}、おもむき (omomuki, 概)

Korean

Hanja

概 (eumhun 대개 개 (daegae gae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

概: Hán Nôm readings: khái

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