蒈

蒈 · kǎi

carane

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kǎi
Cantonese
kaai2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

carane

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53246.060:kǎi Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0631.020:kǎi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
192.080:kǎi Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
kǎi粵kaai2 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
TPPA Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4460 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1047.671 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+8488
Radical
艸 · 140
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7308

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

12 strokes
蒈
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
53246.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53246.060
kIRGKangXi
1047.671
kKangXi
1047.671
kSMSZD2003Index
591.12
kCangjie
TPPA
kFourCornerCode
4460
kPhonetic
537*
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D5C
kIRG_HSource
H-99BB
kIRG_TSource
T4-4046
kRSUnicode
140.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kCCCII
253152
kEACC
705D5C
kGB0
6160
kGB1
6160
kTGH
2013:7308
kXerox
321:074
kCantonese
kaai2
kDefinition
carane
kHanyuPinyin
53246.060:kǎi
kMandarin
kǎi
kSMSZD2003Readings
kǎi粵kaai2
kTGHZ2013
192.080:kǎi
kXHC1983
0631.020:kǎi

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
0dictionary records using 蒈0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
艹 above 皆 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan
Source notation ^⿱艹皆$(GHT)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱艹皆$(GHT)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.