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奎

kuí

a man's stride; a constellation

🔤 Pictophonetic: 大 (big) provides meaning, 圭 provides pronunciation
HSK 9 strokes Common (26%)
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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

大
dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
圭
guī
jade tablet
⿱大圭 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

dà
大
big, great, vast, high, deep
💡 Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms
3 strokes HSK 1
guī
圭
jade tablet
💡 Ideographic: A stack of tablets
6 strokes

Words Using 奎 (17)

kuí
奎 ↗
crotch / 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
kuíníng
奎宁 ↗
quinine (loanword)
kuíníngshuǐ
奎宁水 ↗
tonic water / quinine water
Kuítún
奎屯 ↗
Kuitun city or Küytun shehiri in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture [[伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州<YīlíHāsàkèzìzhìzhōu>]], Xinjiang
Kuítúnshì
奎屯市 ↗
Kuitun city or Küytun shehiri in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture [[伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州<YīlíHāsàkèzìzhìzhōu>]], Xinjiang
Kuítuō
奎托 ↗
Quito, capital of Ecuador, usually written as [[基多]]
Kuíwén
奎文 ↗
Kuiwen district of Weifang city [[濰坊市|潍坊市<Wéifāngshì>]], Shandong
Kuíwénqū
奎文区 ↗
Kuiwen district of Weifang city [[濰坊市|潍坊市<Wéifāngshì>]], Shandong
Kuíxīng
奎星 ↗
Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations
Tuōmǎsī·Ākuínà
托马斯・阿奎纳 ↗
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
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