kuí
chief
One who fought 斗 a ghost 鬼; 鬼 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 魁
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
fig. main cause of a disaster | ||
chief | ||
tall and sturdy | ||
to seize | ||
the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom) |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[kʰ]ˤuj | khwoj | kuí | great; principal; chief |
*[kʰ]ˤuj | khwoj | kuí | spoon |
*[kʰ]ˤuj | khwoj | kuí | mound |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.3546% of movies
2923rd most common character in movies
2599th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+9B41 |
Shuowen | “魁，羹斗也，从斗。鬼聲。” |
Sources
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