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ㄑㄧ ˇ

how?

岂 is a 6 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as kǎi.

In traditional Chinese the character is used.

It is made up of the components (mountain) and (self).

  • ㄑㄧ ˇ

    how?

    • ㄕㄢ

      shān

      mountain

    • ㄐㄧ ˇ

      self

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To move MOUNTAIN, but how?
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Pronunciation

We found 2 pronunciations for 岂

kǎi

Definitions for 岂 pronounced as qǐ

  • how? (emphatic question)

Definitions for 岂 pronounced as kǎi

  • old variant of 愷|恺[kai3]
  • old variant of 凱|凯[kai3]

Vocabulary

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Collections

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乙econd (2nd) & 己elf

by BobWebb 16 characters

HSK 6

by CharacterPop 924 characters

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