Chinese Character Wiki

巂

guī, xī

place name

Components
崔 sound component

崔  Sound component

cuī

  

high

冏 meaning component

冏  Meaning component

jiǒng

  

bright window

hot

Evolution

巂 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
巂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巂 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
巂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

巂  

guī

place name; cuckoo; revolution of a wheel

巂  

xī

place name in Sichuan

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

攜 蠵

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Unicode

U+5DC2

Shuowen

“巂，周燕也。从隹，屮象其冠也，冏聲。一曰：蜀王望帝婬其相妻，慙亡去，為子巂鳥，故蜀人聞子巂鳴，皆起云望帝。”


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