櫆

櫆 · kuí

Polaris, the north star

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kuí
Cantonese
fui1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

Polaris, the north star

Dictionary definitions & readings

櫆 kuí · see 櫆師 kuí shī Polaris, the north star

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21309.110:kuí Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0662.090:kuí Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
203.120:kuí Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カイ ケ Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
DHIJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4491.0 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0559.200 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6AC6
Radical
木 · 75
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
14
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7926

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

18 strokes
櫆
Strokes
18
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

18 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern 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.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
21309.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21309.110
kIRGKangXi
0559.200
kKangXi
0559.200
kMorohashi
15764
kCangjie
DHIJ
kFourCornerCode
4491.0
kMojiJoho
MJ014643
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
CT
kIRG_GSource
G3-434B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EFE1
kIRG_JSource
J14-2F64
kIRG_KSource
K2-3D60
kIRG_TSource
T2-616D
kRSUnicode
75.14
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EFE1
kCCCII
22426F
kCNS1986
2-616D
kCNS1992
2-616D
kGB3
3543
kJIS0213
2,15,68
kJis1
3743
kTGH
2013:7926
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+17870+75.4.14
kCantonese
fui1
kDefinition
Polaris, the north star
kHanyuPinyin
21309.110:kuí
kJapanese
カイ ケ
kJapaneseOn
KAI
kMandarin
kuí
kTGHZ2013
203.120:kuí
kXHC1983
0662.090:kuí

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 櫆0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
木 beside 魁 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰木魁$(GHTJK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰木魁$(GHTJK)

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