Chinese Character Wiki

隗

kuí, wěi

high

Components
阝 meaning component

阝  Meaning component

fù

  

hill, place

hill

鬼 sound component

鬼  Sound component

guǐ

  

ghost

Evolution

隗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
隗 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
隗 Clerical script Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD)

Clerical script

Han dynasty (202 BC - 220 AD)
隗 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
隗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

隗  

kuí

high; lofty; surname

隗  

Kuí

surname Kui; Zhou Dynasty vassal state

隗  

Wěi

surname Wei

隗  

wěi

eminent

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4940th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+9697

Shuowen

“隗，陮隗也。从，鬼聲。”


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