Radical
Strokes
8
Residual strokes
6
Mandarin
gāi
Teochew

Glyph

Radical
Residual strokes
6 strokes
Strokes
8 strokes
Mandarin
gāi

Definitions by reading

gai1
Mandarin equivalent gāi
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng gai1 Chaoyang gai1 Chenghai gai1 Jieyang gai1 Raoping gai1 Shantou gai1
①应当:该做的就做
②欠:不该帐
③那,指前面说过的人或事:该校|该地
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
見母 一等 開口 咍韵 平声 古哀切
Reconstruction:
Original

備也,咸也,兼也,皆也,又軍中約也,古哀切,二十。