Chinese character 夔 meaning explanation pronunciation

Writing Sheet

Pinyin kuí

Phonetic Notation ㄎㄨㄟˊ

Strokes Count21

Radical夂

Strokes Count without Radical18

Five Stroke CodeUHTT|UTHT

Cangjie CodeTCHE

Zheng CodeUAOR

Stroke Code431325111212151534354

Four Corner Code80407

UNICODE5914

Character FormTop-bottom

Englishone-legged monster; walrus

Frenchdémon de la mythologie chinoise,dieu de la pluie,(nom de famille Kui)

Germanyehrerbietig, achtungsvoll ,Kui (Eig, Fam)

● 夔

kuí ㄎㄨㄟˊ

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详细字义

◎ 夔 kuí

〈名〉

(1) 传说中的一条腿的怪物 [a one-legged monster in fable]。商周铜器上多夔状纹饰

(2) 人名。相传为尧、舜时乐官 [musical offical]。如:夔挚(夔:舜时乐官名。挚:太史挚，周官)

(3) 夔州 [Kui prefecture]，旧府名，府治在今四川奉节县

【字彙補】古夔字。註見夊部十七畫。夔字自下从几，十八畫。夔，夊部十六畫。