該 — Chinese character
該
gāi
should, ought to, must
- Pinyin
- gāi
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 言 亥
- Formation
- pictophonetic — speech; meaning component 言; sound component 亥
- Simplified
- 该
- Japanese
- 該 as a kanji
該 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
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