gāi

该

should, ought to, must

HSK 3.0 · 2
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Meaning, words & where you learn it

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Words with 该

应该 yīng gāi ought to; should HSK 2
活该 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
讠 words, speech; to speak, to say
Parts
讠 + 亥
Structure
Left–right
Traditional
該
Unicode
U+8BE5

Pictophonetic: speech