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概

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(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically; (bound form) bearing; deportment

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 4
Strokes
13
Radical
木 +9
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
概
Common rank
#1,734
Unicode
U+6982

Sound it out + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 概 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 既 sound ( jì )

Components 木 既

How to remember it

approximate · Heisig RSH #1159

根 root + waitress

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 概

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
概而言之 gài ér yán zhī same as 總而言之|总而言之[zong3 er2 yan2 zhi1]
概而不论 gài ér bù lùn fuzzy about the details
一概而论 yī gài ér lùn to lump different matters together (idiom)
男子气概 nán zǐ qì gài masculinity; manliness
人工概念 rén gōng gài niàn artificial concept
概型理论 gài xíng lǐ lùn scheme theory (math.)
概念地图 gài niàn dì tú mind map
基本概念 jī běn gài niàn basic concept
上位概念 shàng wèi gài niàn superordinate concept
概念驱动加工 gài niàn qū dòng jiā gōng concept-driven processing
以偏概全 yǐ piān gài quán (lit.) to take a part for the whole; to generalize
条件概率 tiáo jiàn gài lǜ conditional probability
后验概率 hòu yàn gài lǜ posterior probability (statistics)
概念化 gài niàn huà conceptualization
中概股 zhōng gài gǔ China concepts stock (stock in a Chinese company that trades on an exchange outside China …
概测法 gài cè fǎ rough-and-ready method; rule of thumb
概率论 gài lǜ lùn probability (math.)
大概 dà gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
一概 yī gài all; without any exceptions; categorically
气概 qì gài lofty quality; mettle; spirit

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 既 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
既 sound part jì already, since, then; both; de facto
慨 kǎi sigh, regret, lament; generosity
暨 jì and; to reach, to attain; limits, confines
溉 gài to water, to irrigate, to flood; to wash
厩 jiù stable; barnyard
嘅 gě the sound of a sigh