kuí

one-legged monster

kuí
mythical monster
(bound form) a one-legged creature from ancient mythology resembling a dragon; an omen of drought
Kui
(bound form) a legendary official under emperors Yao and Shun, credited with inventing music and dance
Kuizhou
(bound form) an ancient place name referring to 夔州 kuí​zhōu, located in the modern-day Chongqing area
surname
a Chinese surname
State of Kui
(bound form) a state during the Zhou Dynasty located in modern-day Zigui, Hubei Province; later extinguished by Chu

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Frequency

Character
Written text
4,330th most common 2.07 per million
Word
Written text
0.761 per million

Details

Strokes
21
Unicode
U+5914

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