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Kai
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The name Kai /ˈkaɪ/ has various origins and meanings in different cultures:

  • In Estonian, Kai is a female name derived from Katherine.
  • In Persian, Kai, or Kay, is a male name, meaning "king". It is also the name of a mythological shah (king) in the Shahnameh.
  • In Japanese, kai has a number of meanings, including "ocean" (海), "shell" (貝), "open" (開), "restoration" and "recovery".[1][2]
  • In Mandarin Chinese, kai can mean different things depending on the tone and character, such as “to open” ( 开)(kāi).

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  • Kai Ueda (born 1996), Japanese baseball player

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  • Xing Kai (born 1989), Chinese footballer
  • Xu Kai (born 1995), Chinese actor

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  • Kai, the main antagonist from Kung Fu Panda 3
  • Kai, a character in Ninjago
  • Kai, one of the nine default heroes featured in Minecraft
  • Kai from Mortal Kombat series
  • Kai, a character in the television series The White Lotus
  • Kai (kay) Kāvus (Persian: کی‌کاووس; Avestan: 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬌 𐬎𐬯𐬀𐬥 Kauui Usan); Kai-Káús or Kai-Kaus is a mythological shah of Greater Iran and a character in the Shahnameh. Kai is the son of Kay Qobād and is succeeded by his grandson Kay Khosrow.
  • Kai, a character in the animated television series Deer Squad
  • Kai Booker, a character in the television series Being Erica
  • Kai Chen, a character in the television series Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
  • Kai Lung, a character in an eponymous novel series written by Ernest Bramah
  • Kai Ozu, a character in the television series Mahō Sentai Magiranger
  • Kai Samezu, a character in the television series Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
  • Kai Parker, a character in the television series The Vampire Diaries
  • Kai Anderson, a character in the television series American Horror Story'
  • Kai Mendoza, a character in the television series Almost Paradise
  • Kai Kamealoha, a character in the television Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.
  • Kai Banks, a character in the animated television series Hailey's On It!
  • Kai Hiwatari (Hiwatari Kai), captain of the Blade Breakers and one of the main protagonists of the original three seasons of the Bakuten Shoot Beyblade anime series (2000-2005)

Notable people with the surname "Kai" include

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References

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  1. ^ "English<>Japanese". Dictionary. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  2. ^ "Official list of Kanji permissible for name use". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-02-27.
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