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夔

Kuí

Character

What 夔 means

1. one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology
2. Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing
3. Chinese rain god
4. surname Kui

Words starting with 夔

• 夔夔kuí kuíawestruck and fearful
• 夔州Kuí zhōuKuizhou, ancient area of modern Fengjie County 奉节县

Words containing 夔

• 一夔已足yī kuí yǐ zúone talented person is enough for the job (idiom)

Characters that look like 夔

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

• 蠢chǔnstupid; sluggish; clumsy
• 霸bàhegemon; tyrant; lord
• 癫diānmentally deranged; crazy
• 霹pīused in 霹雳
• 蘸zhànto dip in (ink, sauce etc)
• 麝shèmusk deer (Moschus moschiferus); also called 香獐子

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
• 喹used in 喹啉
• 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