嘅

嘅	U+5605, 嘅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5605

← 嘄
[U+5604]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘆 →
[U+5606]

Translingual

Han character

嘅 (radical 30, 口+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 口日戈山 (RAIU) or 口竹心山 (RHPU), composition ⿰口既 or ⿰口旣)

References

KangXi: page 204, character 43

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4170

Dae Jaweon: page 427, character 20

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 662, character 9

Unihan data for U+5605

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 嘅 – see 慨 (“indignant; resentful; generous; impassioned; vehement; etc.”). (This character, 嘅, is a variant form of 慨.)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		嘅
variant forms		噶 Mainland China o既 nonstandard

From 個／个 (“generic classifier”).

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Pronunciation 1

Cantonese (Jyutping): ge³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ke

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ge³
  - Yale: ge
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ge³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gé³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɛː³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ke
  - Hakka Romanization System: ge
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ge⁴
  - IPA: /ke⁵⁵/

Definitions

嘅

(chiefly Cantonese)

Possessive particle: ’s
佢哋嘅 [Cantonese] ― keoi⁵ dei⁶ ge³ [Jyutping] ― their, theirs
Used to link a noun, an adjective or a phrase to a noun to describe it. that; who
藍色嘅天空 / 蓝色嘅天空 [Cantonese] ― laam⁴ sik¹ ge³ tin¹ hung¹ [Jyutping] ― blue sky
- 去旺角嘅火車 [Cantonese, trad.]
  去旺角嘅火车 [Cantonese, simp.]
  heoi³ wong⁶ gok³ ge³ fo² ce¹ [Jyutping]
  a train that goes to Mongkok
Used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis.
呢首歌一定啱你聽嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
呢首歌一定啱你听嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
Nei¹ sau² go¹ jat¹ ding⁶ ngaam¹ nei⁵ teng¹ ge³. [Jyutping]
You've got to like listening to this song.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 的 (“possessive particle”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		之
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		的
Mandarin	Beijing	的
	Taiwan	的
	Malaysia	的
	Singapore	的
Cantonese	Guangzhou	嘅
	Hong Kong	嘅
	Taishan	個
Gan	Nanchang	个
Hakka	Meixian	个
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	个
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	个
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	个
	Dongshi (Dabu)	个
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	个
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	个
Huizhou	Jixi	仂
Jin	Taiyuan	的
Min Dong	Fuzhou	其
Min Nan	Xiamen	个
	Chaozhou	個
	Shantou	個
Wu	Shanghai	個
Wu	Wenzhou	個
Xiang	Changsha	的

Pronunciation 2

Cantonese (Jyutping): ge²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ge²
  - Yale: gé
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ge²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gé²
  - IPA ^(key): /kɛː³⁵/

Definitions

嘅

(Cantonese)

Used at the end of a sentence to show
1. Agreement or confirmation.
  件衫又真係幾靚嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  件衫又真系几靓嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  Gin⁶ saam¹ jau⁶ zan¹ hai⁶ gei² leng³ ge². [Jyutping]
  The shirt is actually quite pretty.
2. Doubt or surprise.
  點解會噉嘅？ / 点解会噉嘅？ [Cantonese] ― Dim² gaai² wui⁵ gam² ge²? [Jyutping] ― Why is it so?

Japanese

Kanji

嘅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

sound of sighing

Readings

On (unclassified): がい (gai); かい (kai)

Kun: なげく (nageku, 嘅く)

Korean

Hanja

嘅 • (gae) (hangeul 개, McCune–Reischauer kae)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘅 (ngấy, gáy, gấy, ngáy, ngậy)

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