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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 3
Total Strokes: 10
Simplified Form:

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kǎi, qǐ
Cantonese: hei2 hoi2
JapaneseKun: ANI
JapaneseOn: KI GAI KAI
Korean: KAY KI

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: how? what?

CE-Dict: how? (emphatic question)

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.happy; delighted

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《豈部》豈 還師振旅樂也。一曰欲也,登也。从豆,微省聲。凡豈之屬皆从豈。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【豆字部】 豈
【廣韻】袪俙切【集韻】【韻會】去幾切,𠀤音䔇。【說文】還師振旅樂也。又欲也,登也。【徐曰】今借此爲語詞。【玉篇】安也,焉也。【廣韻】曾也。【增韻】非然之辭。【書·五子之歌】怨豈在明。【詩·召南】豈不夙夜。【傳】豈不,言有是也。 又【集韻】【正韻】𠀤可亥切,音鎧。與凱愷𠀤通。軍勝之樂也。又樂也,和也。○按經傳凱歌、凱風、愷悌、樂愷皆借豈。古凱、愷、豈音義通,今分爲二。 【字彙】〈山下一〉从耑省。〈口下丷一〉从豆省。俗作山頭,非。【同文舉要】豈同剴,亦非。
考證:〔【說文】還師振樂也。〕 謹照原文振下增旅字。

Buddhism words and phrases what, why, how in the world, how could it possibly...?

カイ
what, why, how in the world, how could it possibly...?

CF-Dict: comment ?

Han-De-Dict: wie? was? (Partikel drückt Erstaunen bei abweichender Meinung aus) (Int)