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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 慨

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
慨 kǎi - indignant
- generous
- to sigh (with emotion)
慨 kǎi - old variant of 慨[kai3]
- to sigh (with emotion)

List Ranking for: 慨

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 51,652 36,019 26,488

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 忄 既

Radical:

忄

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

既

Semantic:

忄

Hint:

Heart

Other Words Containing 慨

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
慷慨 6 7 4,191 15,214 10,764
愤慨 - - 24,500 19,654 22,177
慷慨解囊 - - 28,301 38,287 54,219
感慨 6 7 34,758 5,567 3,729
慷慨激昂 - - 40,064 41,675 33,835
慨叹 - - 51,110 34,476 31,919
慨 - - 51,652 36,019 26,488