Chinese Character 魁 Meanings and components.

Form

魁

Meaning

魁 meaning[3] in English

Chief.

Head.

Outstanding.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 魁 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are ghost (鬼) , and abbr. for the … (斗)

Its radical[1] is: 鬼 (gui3) which means: Ghost, Demon, Terrible, Damnable, Clever, Sly, Crafty, (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc), One Of The 28 Constellations, .鬼gui3ghost

In cangjie it is written with HIYJ

How to write 魁

To write魁kui2chief you should write a combination of 鬼gui3ghost , 斗dou4abbr. for … arranged in a 吅 shape:

鬼 + 斗 = 魁

魁 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

魁
Pinyin:kui2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Chief . Head . Outstanding . Exceptional . Stalwart
鬼
Pinyin:gui3
Meaning[3]: Ghost . Demon . Terrible . Damnable . Clever . Sly . Crafty . (Suffix For Sb With A Certain Vice Or Addiction Etc) . One Of The 28 Constellations
斗
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For The Big Dipper Constellation 北斗星[Bei3 Dou3 Xing1]

Notes

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

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

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