Chinese Word: 恺 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

恺 (Trad.: 愷)

Pinyin: kǎi

English Definition: joyful; kind

Chinese Definition:
①快乐，和乐：恺悌(和颜悦色，易于接近)。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 心

Pictophonetic:岂 indicates the sound; 忄 (heart) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 桤

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顾恺之	gù kǎi zhī	Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家
恺悌君子	kǎi tì jūn zǐ	amiable gentleman (idiom)
裘力斯·恺撒	qiú lì sī · kǎi sǎ	Julius Caesar, 1599 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚
恺弟	kǎi tì	variant of 恺悌
恺彻	kǎi chè	variant of 恺撒 , Caesar (emperor) used by Yan Fu 严复

1		tā men 他们 bié bié niǔ niǔ 别别扭扭 de zuò 地坐 zài 在 shā fā 沙发 biān shàng 边上。 kǎi 恺 zuò 坐 zài 在 tā 她 fù qīn 父亲 de 的 dà 大 pí 皮 yǐ zi 椅子 shàng 上。 They rested uncomfortably on the edge of the couch as she sat in her father's big leather chair.
2		dì yī 第一 liàng 辆 jiào chē 轿车 kāi chū 开出 dà mén 大门 zhī hòu 之后， mài kè ěr 迈克尔 cái 才 cóng 从 fáng zi 房子 lǐ 里 chu lai 出来， sòng bié 送别 kǎi 恺 hé 和 tā 他 de 的 liǎng gè 两个 ér zi 儿子。 It was only after the first limousine had left that Michael appeared to say good-bye to Kay and his own two children.
3		yú shì 于是， kǎi 恺 gǎn dào 感到 tā 她 yě 也 bù fáng 不妨 wèn wèn 问问 lǎo tài tai 老太太， wèi shén me 为什么 měi tiān 每天 qīng chén 清晨 yào 要 dào 到 jiào táng 教堂 qù 去， měi tiān 每天 qīng chén 清晨 dào 到 jiào táng 教堂 qù 去 shì fǒu 是否 jiù shì 就是 yāo 夭 zhǔ 主 jiào tú 教徒 de 的 yīng 应 jìn 尽 de 的 běn 本 fèn 份。 So Kay felt it was proper to ask the old woman why she went to church every morning, whether that was a necessary part of being a Catholic .