夔
Kuí

one-legged monster

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A monster with a face, a nose 自, and one foot 夊

Components

止
止 Meaning component
自
自 Meaning component
巳
巳 Meaning component
夊
夊 Meaning component

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“夔，神魖也。如龍，一足，从夊，象有角、手、人面之形。”

Sources

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