奎

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stride of man

HSK 10 N1

Human →Actions →Movement

kuí

ケイ、キ

규

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

大 big+ 圭 jade pointed at top =

奎 stride of man

大 Meaning component

dà big

big, great, vast, large, high

圭 Phonetic component

guī jade pointed at top

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

奎

Regular

Modern

Chinese

奎 [kuí]

crotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy

Japanese

奎けい同音

noun astronomy Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Example Sentences

Japanese Names

奎けい

Kei female given name

奎ふみ

Fumi unclassified name

CHINESE WORDS (25)

杰奎琳 [Jiékuílín] #17,976

Jacqueline (name)

杰奎琳 [Jiékuílín] #17,976

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

奎屯市 [Kuítúnshì] #59,223

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

奎文区 [Kuíwénqū] #63,107

Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wéifāngshì], Shandong

奎文区 [Kuíwénqū] #63,107

Kuiwen district of Weifang city 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wéifāngshì], Shandong

望奎县 [Wàngkuíxiàn] #63,934

Wangkui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang

望奎县 [Wàngkuíxiàn] #63,934

Wangkui county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang

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JAPANESE WORDS (1)

奎宿 [とかきぼし]

Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)