Read Edit View history 奎 kuí stride of man Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 大 represents the meaning and 圭 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas kuí ×kuǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 奎 Simp strokes 奎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 奎 Simp strokes 奎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 奎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 224, 629 ], [ 297, 620 ], [ 708, 679 ], [ 778, 667 ] ], [ [ 454, 836 ], [ 492, 790 ], [ 394, 569 ], [ 259, 413 ], [ 95, 301 ] ], [ [ 521, 627 ], [ 797, 399 ], [ 994, 366 ] ], [ [ 339, 406 ], [ 633, 434 ] ], [ [ 445, 535 ], [ 490, 494 ], [ 477, 317 ] ], [ [ 264, 284 ], [ 653, 318 ], [ 735, 303 ] ], [ [ 307, 154 ], [ 682, 171 ] ], [ [ 456, 275 ], [ 490, 239 ], [ 477, 47 ] 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320 Q 681 356 618 340 Q 569 333 500 320 L 461 314 Q 370 304 267 291 Q 249 290 262 274 Q 274 262 289 258 Q 308 254 321 257 Q 379 273 448 280 L 485 283 Z", "M 516 145 Q 525 146 669 161 Q 679 160 688 171 Q 689 181 668 193 Q 635 217 543 191 Q 531 190 519 186 L 462 177 Q 426 173 395 169 Q 356 168 313 163 Q 286 162 306 144 Q 316 134 330 126 Q 343 117 364 123 Q 407 130 462 138 L 516 145 Z", "M 508 50 Q 511 102 516 145 L 519 186 Q 519 205 523 225 Q 535 253 485 283 C 460 299 441 309 448 280 Q 460 232 462 177 L 462 138 Q 462 101 462 45 C 462 15 506 20 508 50 Z", "M 462 45 Q 330 36 179 24 Q 155 23 172 3 Q 187 -13 206 -20 Q 230 -27 248 -23 Q 473 25 809 3 Q 831 3 837 12 Q 844 25 826 41 Q 769 87 728 79 Q 646 66 508 50 L 462 45 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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