馗

kuí
Rank #4621

Definitions

kuí (noun) crossroads
kuí (noun) cheekbone
kuí (adjective) high

Etymology phono-semantic

head

Semantic: 首 Phonetic: 九

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Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Related Characters

Component: 九

究 九 杂 仇 轨 丸 旭 鸠 旯 旮 宄 艽 尻 犰

Component: 首

道 艏 馘

Components

九 首

Example Words

钟馗