該

Han character

該 (radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜女人 (YRYVO), four-corner 0068₂, composition ⿰言亥)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kɯː) : semantic 言 + phonetic 亥 (OC *ɡɯːʔ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

該

1. ^† to contain; to include
2. ^† extensive; comprehensive; wide
3. will be; going to be

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

4. should; ought to; need to; have to

   該死 / 该死  ―  gāisǐ  ―  damned

   我該去睡了。 / 我该去睡了。  ―  Wǒ gāi qù shuì le.  ―  I must go to sleep now.

5. to deserve; to serve someone right

   豹再三不飲，飛醉後使酒，便發怒曰：「你違我將令，該打一百！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   豹再三不饮，飞醉后使酒，便发怒曰：“你违我将令，该打一百！” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th century CE

   Bào zàisān bù yǐn, Fēi zuì hòu shǐjiǔ, biàn fānù yuē: “Nǐ wéi wǒ jiānglìng, gāi dǎ yī bǎi!” [Pinyin]

   Bao repeatedly declined to drink. Fei was tipsy from all the wine, and angrily said, "You are in violation of my orders. You deserve 100 lashes!"

6. to be one's turn (to do something)
7. (colloquial) to owe
8. ^† all; everywhere
9. particle used for emphasis
10. (formal) the aforementioned; such; that

    該處 / 该处  ―  gāi chù  ―  that place

11. (dialectal) this

Compounds

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Hanja

該 • (hae) (hangeul 해, revised hae, McCune–Reischauer hae, Yale hay)

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Han character

該 (cai, cơi)

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