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葵

kuí

Character

What 葵 means

1. used in the names of various herbaceous plants

Example sentences

• 葵舞跳得很好。
  Aoi dances very well.
• 那是一朵向日葵。
  Nàshi yī duǒ xiàngrìkuí.
  It's a sunflower.
• 我喜欢嗑葵花籽。
  Wǒ xǐhuan kè kuíhuā zǐ.
  I like cracking sunflower seeds.
• 红色天竺葵很美。
  Hóngsè tiānzhúkuí hěn měi.
  The red geranium is very beautiful.
• 葵的嗜好是跳舞。
  Aoi's hobby is dancing.
• 葵成为一个舞蹈家。
  Kuí chéngwéi yī gè wǔdǎojiā.
  Aoi became a dancer.

Words starting with 葵

• 葵花kuí huāsunflower
• 葵扇kuí shànpalm-leaf fan
• 葵涌Kuí chōngKwai Chung (area in Hong Kong); Kwai Cheong
• 葵青Kuí qīngKwai Tsing district of New Territories, Hong Kong
• 葵鼠kuí shǔguinea pig
• 葵花子kuí huā zǐsunflower seeds

Words containing 葵

• 向日葵xiàng rì kuísunflower (Helianthus annuus)
• 山葵shān kuíwasabi
• 海葵hǎi kuísea anemone
• 秋葵qiū kuíokra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
• 锦葵jǐn kuícommon mallow (Malva sinensis), used in TCM
• 龙葵lóng kuíblack nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
• 黄秋葵huáng qiū kuíokra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
• 岩沙海葵毒素yán shā hǎi kuí dú sùpalytoxin
• 蒲葵pú kuíChinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
• 蜀葵shǔ kuíhollyhock (Alcea rosea)
• 药蜀葵yào shǔ kuímarsh mallow (Althaea officinalis)
• 秋葵荚qiū kuí jiáokra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
• 天竺葵tiān zhú kuígeranium (Pelargonium hortorum)
• 手嶌葵Shǒu dǎo KuíTESHIMA Aoi (1987-), Japanese female pop singer
• 小葵花凤头鹦鹉xiǎo kuí huā fèng tóu yīng wǔ(bird species of China) yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)

Characters built on 癸

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

• 睽kuíseparated; stare
• 揆kuíconsider; estimate
• 暌kuíin opposition to; separated from

Characters that look like 葵

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

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 葬zàngto bury (the dead); to inter
• 菱líng(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)
• 眷juàn(bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and…
• 晷guǐsundial
• 粱liángsorghum

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
• 睽separated; stare
• 夔one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology; Chinese mythical figure who invented…
• 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