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该

gāi
should · ought to
Radical: 讠 Strokes: 8 HSK 2
Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Most common
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Character Decomposition
该=讠+亥
Etymology
speech
Meanings
should
ought to
probably
must be
to deserve
to owe
to be sb's turn to do sth
that
the above-mentioned
gāi
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Words with 该 97 total
Idioms with 该 3 total Chain
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