Chinese Character 夔 Meanings and components.

Form

夔

Meaning

夔 meaning[3] in English

One-Legged Mountain Demon Of Chinese Mythology.

Chinese Mythical Figure Who Invented Music And Dancing.

Chinese Rain God.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 夔 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'eight' component in … (丷) , and (夒)

Its radical[1] is: 夊 (sui1) which means: See 夂[Zhi3], .夊sui1see 夂[zhi3]

In cangjie it is written with TCHE

How to write 夔

To write夔kui2one-legged mountain … you should write a combination of 丷ba1'eight' component … , 夒nao2 arranged in a 吕 shape:

丷 + 夒 = 夔

夔 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 夔 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 夔, looks as follow:

夔
Pinyin:kui2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One-Legged Mountain Demon Of Chinese Mythology . Chinese Mythical Figure Who Invented Music And Dancing . Chinese Rain God . Surname Kui
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]
夒
Pinyin:nao2 Shape:吕
止
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: To Stop . To Prohibit . Until . Only
頁
Pinyin:ye4
Meaning[3]: Head
丆
Pinyin:han3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Myeon'), An Ancient Korean Writing System
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
貝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
*
Pinyin:*
巳
Pinyin:si4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: 6th Earthly Branch: 9-11 A.M., 4th Solar Month (5th May-5th June), Year Of The Snake . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 150°
夂
Pinyin:zhi3
Meaning[3]: 'Walk Slowly' Component In Chinese Characters . See Also 冬字頭|冬字头[Dong1 Zi4 Tou2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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