Kuài

state in today's Henan province

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːbs

說文解字

祝融之後,妘姓所封。潧洧之間。鄭滅之。从邑會聲。

Sources

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

kuài state in today's Henan province Simplified

Components

Sound component
huì, kuài to gather
Meaning component
hill, place

place

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode