該 (gāi)

should; ought to; deserve

How 該 is written

Strokes
13
Radical
言 — speech
Traditional
該
Simplified
该

Components

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.

Characters that appear with 該

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