kuí
one-legged monster
Pictograph of Kui, a figure in ancient Chinese mythology.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 夔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
surname Kui | ||
Kuizhou, ancient area of modern Fengjie County 奉節縣|奉节县[FèngjiéXiàn], Chongqing |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ɡrul | ɡˠiuɪ | kuí | the Kui |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4330th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 21 |
Unicode | U+5914 |
Shuowen | “夔,神魖也。如龍,一足,从夊,象有角、手、人面之形。” |
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