圭
jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial; (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,258 U+572D
How 圭 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A stack of tablets
components: 土 ×2
Characters built with 圭 as their sound component
These characters all use 圭 (guī) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 圭 sound component | guī | jade tablet |
| 挂 | guà | to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense |
| 鞋 | xié | shoes, footwear in general |
| 街 | jiē | street, road, thoroughfare |
| 佳 | jiā | good, auspicious; beautiful; delightful |
| 桂 | guì | cassia, cinnamon |
| 硅 | guī | silicon |
| 哇 | wā | to vomit; an infant's cry |
| 闺 | guī | women's quarters; lady's apartment |
| 蛙 | wā | frog |
| 奎 | kuí | a man's stride; a constellation |
| 卦 | guà | divination, fortune-telling |
| 洼 | wā | pit, hollow, depression; swamp |
| 畦 | qí | sections in a vegetable farm |
| 眭 | suī | a piercing gaze; the evil eye |
| 筀 | guì | bamboo (archaic) |
| 絓 | guà | to hinder, to obstruct |
| 鲑 | guī | salmon; Spheroides vermicularis |
| 恚 | huì | anger, rage |
Words containing 圭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 法属圭亚那 | Fǎ shǔ Guī yà nà | French Guiana |
| 安圭拉 | Ān guī lā | Anguilla |
| 巴拉圭 | Bā lā guī | Paraguay |
| 乌拉圭 | Wū lā guī | Uruguay |
| 圭亚那 | Guī yà nà | Guyana |
| 利隆圭 | Lì lóng guī | Lilongwe, capital of Malawi |
| 奉为圭臬 | fèng wéi guī niè | to take as a guiding principle (idiom) |
| 崔圭夏 | Cuī Guī xià | Choe Gyuha (1919-2006), South Korean politician, president 1979-1980 |
| 荜门圭窦 | bì mén guī dòu | wicker door, hole window (idiom); fig. wretched hovel; living in poverty |