奎
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crotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 大 +6
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 奎
- Common rank
- #2,724
- Unicode
- U+594E
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 奎
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 托马斯·阿奎纳 | Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher an… | |
| 沙奎尔·奥尼尔 | Shaquille O'Neal (1972-), former NBA star | |
| 拉奎拉 | L'Aquila, Italy | |
| 奎文区 | Kuiwen, a district of Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 奎宁水 | tonic water; quinine water | |
| 阿奎纳 | surname Aquinas; Thomas Aquinas 托馬斯·阿奎納|托马斯·阿奎纳[Tuo1 ma3 si1 · A1 kui2 na4] (1225-1274) | |
| 望奎县 | Wangkui, a county in Suihua City 綏化市|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 奎文 | see 奎文區|奎文区[Kui2 wen2 Qu1] | |
| 杰奎琳·肯尼迪 | Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy (1929-1994) | |
| 奎星 | Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations | |
| 奎宁 | quinine (loanword) | |
| 奎屯市 | Kuytun, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 … | |
| 望奎 | see 望奎縣|望奎县[Wang4 kui2 Xian4] | |
| 杰奎琳 | Jacqueline (name) | |
| 奎屯 | see 奎屯市[Kui2 tun2 Shi4] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 圭 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound part | jade tablet | |
| 挂 | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense | |
| 鞋 | shoes, footwear in general | |
| 街 | street, road, thoroughfare | |
| 佳 | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful | |
| 桂 | cassia, cinnamon | |
| 硅 | silicon | |
| 哇 | to vomit; an infant's cry | |
| 闺 | women's quarters; lady's apartment | |
| 蛙 | frog | |
| 卦 | divination, fortune-telling | |
| 洼 | pit, hollow, depression; swamp | |
| 畦 | sections in a vegetable farm | |
| 眭 | a piercing gaze; the evil eye | |
| 筀 | bamboo (archaic) | |
| 絓 | to hinder, to obstruct | |
| 鲑 | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis | |
| 恚 | anger, rage | |
| 诖 | error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead |