奎
kuí

stride of man

Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound.

Components

大
大 Meaning component
dà, dài big
圭
圭 Sound component
guī jade pointed at top

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

喹蝰

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷeː

說文解字

兩髀之閒。从大圭聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)