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Kanji Detail for 凱 - "victory cry"

凱

  • Meaning

    凱 means "victory cry." Also associated with to harmonize, calmness.

    1. Victory cry - Shouts of joy when winning a battle.

    2. To harmonize - To enjoy; to be gentle and pleasant.

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    • Verified meaning: victory cry
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かい, かつじ, たのし)
    • Also carries these associations: to harmonize, calmness

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 凱

    Given names 凱(たのし)Listen

    Surnames 凱(かい)Listen 凱(かつじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    victory song

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    triumphant; triumph, victory

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Kai

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    triumphant; triumph, victory

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Same as 愷. The south wind is called 凱風. An army returning victorious is called 凱旋. Both mean joy and harmony. | Good; virtuous. Ru among the Eight 凱, the sixteen ministers of Shun. See (Zuo Zhuan).

  • Onyomi

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    gai(ガイ) ガイ

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

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    kachidoki(かちどき) かちどき

    yawa.ragu(やわ-らぐ) やわ-らぐ

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    几 (tsukue・kinyo・kazekammuri・kazegamae)

  • Related Keywords

    victory cry to harmonize calmness harmony triumph champion glory success celebration gentle pleasant conquer

Sentences including 凱

  • Having scattered the enemy before me and triumphantly returned, this is how they would herald me.

More kanji with the radical 几 (tsukue・kinyo・kazekammuri・kazegamae)

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