該 (gāi)
should; ought to; deserve
How 該 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 言 — speech
- Traditional
- 該
- Simplified
- 该
Common words using 該
- 應該 yīnggāi
- ought to; should; must
- 合該 hégāi
- ought to; should
- 活該 huógāi
- (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought
該 in a sentence
時間不早了，我該回家了。
Shíjiān bù zǎo le, wǒ gāi huíjiā le.
“It's getting late; I should go home.”
How common is 該?
該 is the 319th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 66% of all running text.
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