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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC 
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of Kui, a figure in ancient Chinese mythology.
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
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
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)