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巂

guī

Character

What 巂 means

1. cuckoo
2. revolution of a wheel

Other readings

巂 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• xīplace name in Sichuan

Characters built on 崔

These share the phonetic component 崔 (cuī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 摧cuīto break; to destroy; to devastate
• 催cuīto urge; to press; to prompt
• 璀cuǐluster of gems
• 漼cuǐhaving the appearance of depth

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 规compass; a rule; regulation
• 归to return; to go back to; to give back to
• 龟tortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 圭jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 硅silicon (chemistry)
• 闺small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 傀grand; strange; exotic
• 槻zelkova tree