# 概

| 概 | U+6982, &#27010; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6982 |
| ← 榁 [U+6981] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 榃 → [U+6983] |

## Translingual
### Han character

概 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9 in Chinese, 木+10 in Japanese, 13 strokes in Chinese, 14 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 木日戈山 (DAIU), four-corner 4191$_4$, composition ⿰木既)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 542, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15217
* Dae Jaweon: page 935, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1256, character 8
* Unihan data for U+6982

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 溉 | *kɯːds, *kɯds |
| 槩 | *kɯːds |
| 概 | *kɯːds |
| 摡 | *kɯːds, *qʰɯds |
| 慨 | *kʰɯːds |
| 嘅 | *kʰɯːds |
| 穊 | *krɯds |
| 暨 | *ɡrɯds, *kɯds, *krɯd |
| 鱀 | *ɡrɯds, *ɡɯs |
| 塈 | *ɡrɯds, *qʰɯds |
| 既 | *kɯds |
| 旡 | *kɯds |
| 蔇 | *kɯds |
| 炁 | *kʰɯds |
| 櫭 | *ɡrad |
| 曁 | *kɯd |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kɯːds): semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 既 (OC *kɯds) – strickle.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): gài (gai$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): koi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khói
    (Meixian, Guangdong): koi$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): kái
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kài / khài
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kai$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ke
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gài
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gài
*** Wade–Giles: kai$^4$
*** Yale: gài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gay
*** Palladius: гай (gaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /kaɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
*** Yale: koi / goi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: koi$^3$ / goi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɔːi̯³³/, /kɔːi̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: koi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰᵘɔi³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khói
*** Hakka Romanization System: koi$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: koi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰoi̯³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: koi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰoɪ³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kái
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɑi²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kài / khài
*** Tâi-lô: kài / khài
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kaix, qaix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kai⁴¹/, /kʰai⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /kai¹¹/, /kʰai¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /kai²¹/, /kʰai²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kai$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khài
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰai²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ke
*** MiniDict: ke$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ke
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ke³⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit概 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /kai⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /kai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /kai⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /kɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /kɛ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /kai³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /kai⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /kɛ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /kɛ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /kɛ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /kai²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /kʰai³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /kʰai¹³/ /kai¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /kʰai²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /kʰæ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /kae⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /kʰe̞⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /kai⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /kæ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /kʰɛ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kʰe³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ke̞⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ke̞⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ke⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /kɛ³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /kuə⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /kʰai⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /kʰai⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /kʰai²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kʰoi³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /kʰoi³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kʰɔi³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /kʰɔi³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /kʰɔi³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /kai²¹/ /kʰai²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /kʰɑi²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /kʰai³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /kʰai²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /xai³⁵/ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤə[t]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kɯːds/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 概 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | gài |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ koj$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[k]ˁə[t]-s/ |
| English | to strickle |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 概 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5812 |
| Phonetic component | 旡 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 漑 |
| Old Chinese | /*kɯːds/ |
| Notes | 槩字注或體今通作此 |

### Definitions

概
* general idea
* general; rough; approximate
* manner; mettle
* scenery; scene
* without exception; categorically; absolutely
    概不退換／概不退换 ― gài bù tuìhuàn ― absolutely no refunds/exchange
* (historical) strickle
* (archaic) to strickle; to scrape flat

### Compounds

* 一概 (yīgài)
* 一概抹殺 / 一概抹杀
* 一概而言
* 一概而論 / 一概而论 (yīgài'érlùn)
* 並概青雲 / 并概青云
* 以偏概全 (yǐpiāngàiquán)
* 勝概 / 胜概 (shènggài)
* 大概 (dàgài)
* 斗概
* 梗概 (gěnggài)
* 概形 (gàixíng)
* 概念 (gàiniàn)
* 概念句
* 概念車 / 概念车
* 概括 (gàikuò)
* 概括承受
* 概數 / 概数 (gàishù)
* 概況 / 概况 (gàikuàng)
* 概然律
* 概率 (gàilǜ)
* 概略 (gàilüè)
* 概算 (gàisuàn)
* 概而不論 / 概而不论
* 概舉 / 概举
* 概莫能外 (gàimònéngwài)
* 概要 (gàiyào)
* 概觀 / 概观
* 概說 / 概说 (gàishuō)
* 概論 / 概论 (gàilùn)
* 概貌 (gàimào)
* 概述 (gàishù)
* 權概 / 权概
* 氣概 / 气概 (qìgài)
* 節概 / 节概
* 膜外概置
* 複合概念 / 复合概念
* 關連概念 / 关连概念
* 風概 / 风概

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 概 |
| Kyūjitai | 槪 |

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 槪)
* outline
* condition
* approximation
* generally

#### Readings

* Go-on: かい (kai)
* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kan’yō-on: がい (gai, Jōyō)
* Kun: とかき (tokaki, 概)、おおむね (ōmune, 概ね)、おもむき (omomuki, 概)

## Korean
### Hanja

概 (eumhun 대개 개 (daegae gae))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

概: Hán Nôm readings: khái
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