概 (gài) — a general outline; adv — generally, roughly

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字

概 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

概＝木＋既

ㄍㄞˋ · gài

noun — a general outline; adv — generally, roughly

字源 FORM — what the parts do

木義wood — a levelling stick

既聲jì — gives the sounda man turned away from his food bowl, finished — already

{j,q,x}ITjì → gài — initial and tone both shifted

A wooden strike-stick (木) scraped across a heaped grain measure to level it — from the rough levelling comes the general, the approximate: 大概、概略、概況. 既 jì gives the sound, drifted to gài; the donor still rings in 慨 (kǎi) and 溉 (gài).

意 · Meanings

(本義)概略— a rough levelling; general outline

→大概、概況— generally; an overview常用

→概念— a concept — a general notion常用

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension