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夔龙
kuí​lóng

kuilong

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
夔龙 夔龍 kuí​lóng
kuilong
A decorative pattern found on ancient Chinese bronze vessels from the Shang and Western Zhou periods, featuring stylized figures of a one-legged beast and a dragon.
Kui and Long
The names of two legendary ministers of the Emperor Shun, where 夔 kuí served as the master of music and 龙 lóng served as the minister of communications.

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  • 夔 kuí
  • 龙 lóng