kuí​wú

burly

kuí, kuǐ, kuài chief

Components

Sound component
guǐ ghost
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)

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

wú, wù, yǔ Chinese parasol tree

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
wú, yú, yá I, me

Character Evolution

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
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaː
Unicodengo

說文解字

梧桐木。从木吾聲。一名櫬。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica