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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Kai

  • 凯triumphal music
  • 楷model; exemplar
  • 恺joyful; kind
Letters
3
Syllables
1
First letter
K
Romanization
Mandarin (pinyin)
Character options
3
  • Chinese characters凯楷恺

Kai is a syllable of Chinese boys' names in Hanyu Pinyin spelling; its meaning depends on the characters, for example 凯, 楷 or 恺.

Possible characters for Kai

This spelling is common in Mandarin (pinyin) romanization.

  • 凯

    triumphal music

    Mandarin kǎi

  • 楷

    model; exemplar

    Mandarin kǎi

  • 恺

    joyful; kind

    Mandarin kǎi

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Kai

Kai is a syllable in Hanyu Pinyin (Mandarin) spelling, and this spelling is used in Malaysia. Kai often stands for 凯 (triumphal music), 楷 (model) or 恺 (joyful, kind), and is paired with another syllable as in Kai Xuan or Kai Jie. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

RomanizationMandarin (pinyin)

Chinese names with the syllable Kai

Sources

  1. MDBG: 凯 · mdbg.net · meaning
  2. MDBG: 楷 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. MDBG: 恺 · mdbg.net · meaning
  4. Malaysia at the 2023 SEA Games (Wikipedia) · en.wikipedia.org · usage
  5. Malaysia at the 2022 Asian Games (Wikipedia) · en.wikipedia.org · usage

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