guī
jade pointed at top
Depicts a ceremonial jade tablet pointed at the top.
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 圭
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
(old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank) | ||
Paraguay | ||
Uruguay | ||
Guyana | ||
to take as a guiding principle (idiom) |
Component uses
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ʷˤe | kwej | guī | jade scepter |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 0.9290% of movies
2924th most common character in movies
3537th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+572D |
Shuowen | “圭，瑞玉也，上圜下方。公執桓圭，九寸；侯執信圭，伯執躬圭，皆七寸；子執穀璧，男執蒲璧，皆五寸。以封諸侯。从重土。楚爵有執圭。珪，古文圭从玉。” |
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