夔
CHARACTER · SOURCE RECORD
Entry ↗夔 · kuí
one-legged monster; walrus
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
- Mandarin
- kuí
- Cantonese
- kwai4
- Definition source
- Unihan kDefinition
one-legged monster; walrus
Dictionary definitions & readings
夔 Kuí · one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology; Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing; Chinese rain god; surname Kui
Readings & dictionary references
- HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
- 20872.030:kuí Source property ↗
- XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
- 0663.060:kuí Source property ↗
- TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
- 203.130:kuí Source property ↗
- SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
- kuí粵kwai4 Source property ↗
- Japanese · kana
- キ ギ Source property ↗
- Korean · Hangul
- 기:0N Source property ↗
- Fanqie pairs
- 渠追 Source property ↗
- Cangjie input code
- TCHE Source property ↗
- Four-corner lookup codes
- 4440.7 Source property ↗
- Kangxi · dictionary positions
- 0245.281 Source property ↗
- Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
- 056.27 Source property ↗
- Grammata Serica Recensa · references
- 1237s Source property ↗
Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5914
- Radical
- 夊 · 35
- Strokes
- 21
- Residual strokes
- 19
- Standard list
- 通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6457
Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.
Stroke order
21 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Words & connections
Dictionary & examples
History & distinctions
Related forms
No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- gwij · 渠追 · 止合三平脂群 · #169
PHONO-ML, source line 1437; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.
Sources & reference
Evidence
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage
Exact Unihan properties
- kCihaiT
- 342.301
- kDaeJaweon
- 0487.020
- kGSR
- 1237s
- kHanYu
- 20872.030
- kIRGDaeJaweon
- 0487.020
- kIRGHanyuDaZidian
- 20872.030
- kIRGKangXi
- 0245.281
- kKangXi
- 0245.281
- kMatthews
- 3662
- kMorohashi
- 05746:E0102
- kSBGY
- 056.27
- kSMSZD2003Index
- 144.19
- kCangjie
- TCHE
- kFourCornerCode
- 4440.7
- kMojiJoho
- MJ009429 MJ009429:E0101 MJ009427:E0102 MJ009428:E0103
- kPhonetic
- 721
- kUnihanCore2020
- GHKMPT
- kIICore
- AGTKP
- kIRG_GSource
- G0-5967
- kIRG_HSource
- HB1-C4DC
- kIRG_JSource
- J14-253C
- kIRG_KPSource
- KP0-D2BF
- kIRG_KSource
- K0-5073
- kIRG_TSource
- T1-7A67
- kRSUnicode
- 35.19
- kTotalStrokes
- 21
- kBigFive
- C4DC
- kCCCII
- 213879
- kCNS1986
- 1-7A67
- kCNS1992
- 1-7A67
- kEACC
- 213879
- kGB0
- 5771
- kGB1
- 5771
- kJIS0213
- 2,05,28
- kJis1
- 2469
- kKoreanName
- 2015
- kMainlandTelegraph
- 5688
- kTGH
- 2013:6457
- kTaiwanTelegraph
- 1117
- kXerox
- 265:371
- kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
- C+17471+35.3.18
- kCantonese
- kwai4
- kDefinition
- one-legged monster; walrus
- kFanqie
- 渠追
- kHangul
- 기:0N
- kHanyuPinyin
- 20872.030:kuí
- kJapanese
- キ ギ
- kJapaneseOn
- KI GI
- kKorean
- KI
- kMandarin
- kuí
- kSMSZD2003Readings
- kuí粵kwai4
- kTGHZ2013
- 203.130:kuí
- kTang
- ghyui
- kXHC1983
- 0663.060:kuí