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gāi(gai1) // pronunciation of 该 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 该

Unihan definition: should, ought to, need to

Number of strokes: 8
Examples of other characters consisting of 8 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  149.6

HSK level: 3
Other HSK 3 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 3 charaters »

Frequency rank: 319

General standard index number: 1300

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 不该, 合该, 应该, 活该, 该亚, 该博, 该应, 该死, 该当, 该隐, 亚该亚, 哈该书, 米该亚, 撒都该人

English translation (based on CEDICT):

該|该[gāi]:
- should
- ought to
- probably
- must be
- to deserve
- to owe
- to be sb's turn to do sth
- that
- the above-mentioned

Details

Unicode code point: U+8BE5

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