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喹

kuí

Character

What 喹 means

1. used in {喹啉|kuí lín}

Words starting with 喹

• 喹啉kuí línquinoline C6H4(CH)3N (pharm.) (loanword)
• 喹诺酮kuí nuò tóngquinolone (a hydroxylated quinoline, inhibiting the replication of bacterial DNA)

Words containing 喹

• 氯喹lǜ kuíchloroquine (antimalarial drug)
• 羟氯喹qiǎng lǜ kuíhydroxychloroquine (medication)

Characters that look like 喹

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 喳chāused in 喳喳
• 嗤chīlaugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 嗝géhiccup; belch
• 嗖sōu(onomatopoeia) whooshing; swishing; rustle of skirts

Sounds the same

Read kuí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 魁chief; head; outstanding
• 奎crotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 葵used in the names of various herbaceous plants
• 睽separated; stare
• 夔one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology; Chinese mythical figure who invented…
• 逵crossroads; thoroughfare
• 蝰used in 蝰蛇
• 馗cheekbone; crossroads; high
• 揆consider; estimate
• 暌in opposition to; separated from
• 戣a lance
• 犪used in 犪牛