TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 字
凱
凱 ＝ 豈 ＋ 几
ㄎㄞˇ · kǎi
adj — triumphant; the music of a returning, victorious army
字源 FORM — what the parts do
豈聲qǐ — gives the sounda drum on its stand, drawn long ago
{g,k}ITqǐ → kǎi — the velar crossing within {g,k}, tone shifts too
几形a stand, a frame
豈 was once a drum on its stand; here it carries the sound, qǐ worn to kǎi. The army marches home and the victory drums sound — 凱旋. From that triumphant music, 凱 comes to mean triumphant outright.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
打了勝仗的隊伍回城，鼓（豈）架（几）上敲響——凱旋。
The victorious column re-enters the city, the drum (豈) on its frame (几) sounding — the triumph march.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)凱歌、凱旋— the victory song; triumphant return常用
→凱旋而歸— to come home in triumph
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
愷kǎithe partner — 愷 sets beside a heart 忄 for gladness; 凱 sets it on a stand