Taxonomy of meanings for 豈:  

  • qǐ (OC: khɯlʔ MC: kʰɨi) 袪狶切 上 廣韻:【安也焉也曾也祛狶切二 】
    • rhetorical question> HOW
      • padN1(PRED).postN2{SUBJ}judgmental rhetorical questionhow?
      • padVexpected answer: no!introducing rhetorical questions
      • padN{PRED}rhetorical questionhow could this be (a matter of/an indication of) N?DS
      • padSrhetorical questionHow could it be, that S?DS
  • 豈 qǐ (OC: khɯlʔ MC: kʰɨi) 袪狶切 上 廣韻:【安也焉也曾也祛狶切二 】
    • HOW
      • padN1(PRED).postN2{SUBJ}judgmental rhetorical questionhow?
      • padVexpected answer: no!introducing rhetorical questions
      • padN{PRED}rhetorical questionhow could this be (a matter of/an indication of) N?DS
      • padSrhetorical questionHow could it be, that S?DS
    • =其 PERHAPS
      • padVperhaps, probably; presumably
    • =kai3 愷 HAPPY
      • =kai3 凱

        Additional information about 豈

        說文解字: 【豈】,還師振旅樂也。一曰:欲也。登也。从豆、微省聲。凡豈之屬皆从豈。 【墟喜切】