奎
Meanings
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- 1.crotch
- 2.15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
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Wiktionary
- 1.the stride of a person
- 2.Legs, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰʷeː): semantic 大 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː). Originally, the phonetic component is not related to the concept of earth (土) since in its original form it represents a pair of ritual axes perhaps made of jade 士. Hence, the link to the concept of earth in this character either comes from folk etymology or its appearance in the Small Seal script.
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Stroke order
Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
奎文 see 奎文区[Kuí wén Qū]奎宁 quinine (loanword)奎星 Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations望奎 see 望奎县[Wàng kuí Xiàn]奎屯 see 奎屯市[Kuí tún Shì]杰奎琳 Jacqueline (name)奎文区 Kuiwen, a district of Weifang City 潍坊市[Wéi fāng Shì], Shandong阿奎纳 surname Aquinas奎屯市 Kuytun, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yī lí Hā sà kè Zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang奎宁水 tonic water; quinine water拉奎拉 L'Aquila, Italy望奎县 Wangkui, a county in Suihua City 绥化市[Suí huà Shì], Heilongjiang