奎

crotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,724 U+594E

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

大 (semantic, “big”) + 圭 (phonetic, guī)

components: 大圭

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 圭

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 圭 (guī) — 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
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
诖	guà	error, mistake; to deceive, to mislead

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
托马斯·阿奎纳	Tuō mǎ sī · Ā kuí nà	Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher an…
沙奎尔·奥尼尔	Shā kuí ěr · Ào ní ěr	Shaquille O'Neal (1972-), former NBA star
拉奎拉	Lā kuí lā	L'Aquila, Italy
奎文区	Kuí wén Qū	Kuiwen, a district of Weifang City 濰坊市\|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong
奎宁水	kuí níng shuǐ	tonic water; quinine water
阿奎纳	Ā kuí nà	surname Aquinas; Thomas Aquinas 托馬斯·阿奎納\|托马斯·阿奎纳[Tuo1 ma3 si1 · A1 kui2 na4] (1225-1274)
望奎县	Wàng kuí Xiàn	Wangkui, a county in Suihua City 綏化市\|绥化市[Sui2 hua4 Shi4], Heilongjiang
奎文	Kuí wén	see 奎文區\|奎文区[Kui2 wen2 Qu1]
杰奎琳·肯尼迪	Jié kuí lín · Kěn ní dí	Jacqueline Onassis Kennedy (1929-1994)
奎星	Kuí xīng	Kuixing, the Great Bear, one of the 28 constellations
奎宁	kuí níng	quinine (loanword)
奎屯市	Kuí tún Shì	Kuytun, a county-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州\|伊犁哈萨克自治州[Yi1 li2 …
望奎	Wàng kuí	see 望奎縣\|望奎县[Wang4 kui2 Xian4]
杰奎琳	Jié kuí lín	Jacqueline (name)
奎屯	Kuí tún	see 奎屯市[Kui2 tun2 Shi4]