渠魁
qú​kuí

ringleader

渠 qú ditch

A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation

Components

洰
洰 SoundMeaning component
jù
木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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)

蕖磲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartgjo[ɡ](r)acanal
Zhengzhangɡa
Unicodeghio

說文解字

水所居。从水，榘省聲。

Sources

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

魁 kuí, kuǐ, kuài chief

Components

鬼
鬼 Sound component
guǐ ghost
斗
斗 Meaning component
dòu ladle

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

櫆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwoj[kʰ]ˤuj great; principal; chief
khwoj[kʰ]ˤuj spoon
khwoj[kʰ]ˤuj mound

說文解字

《說文》：“魁，羹斗也，从斗。鬼聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)