圭
guī

jade pointed at top

圭 guī
jade tablet noun
An ancient ritual jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies.

在古代仪式中，公爵朝见天子时通常需要手持青圭。

zài gǔ​dài yí​shì zhōng, gōng​jué cháo​jiàn tiān​zǐ shí tōng​cháng xū​yào shǒu​chí qīng guī.

In ancient ceremonies, dukes usually had to hold a green jade tablet when meeting the Emperor.

sundial noun
An ancient astronomical instrument or sundial used to measure the shadow of the sun to determine time and seasons.

古人通过圭表投下的影子来确定冬至和夏至。

gǔ​rén tōng​guò guī biǎo tóu​xià de yǐng​zi lái què​dìng Dōng​zhì hé Xià​zhì.

The ancients determined the winter and summer solstices by observing the shadows cast by the gnomon.

tiny amount noun
An ancient unit of volume, used figuratively to refer to a very small amount, a smidgen, or a speck.

他做事严谨，哪怕是一圭一铢的误差都要纠正。

tā zuò​shì yán​jǐn, nǎ​pà shì yī guī yī zhū de wù​chā dōu yào jiū​zhèng.

He is very meticulous and corrects even the slightest error.

Cross-References

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Frequency
Character
Written text
3,537th most common 5.11 per million
Movie subtitles
2,924th most common 3.91 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.62 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
4.57 per million

Details
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+572D

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)