kuí

cheekbone

Evolution

頯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
頯 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
頯 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
頯 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

𱂬 () 

kuí

cheekbone

 

kuí

protrude

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ʷru

gwij

kuí

cheek bone, bones of the face


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

Unicode

U+982F

Shuowen

“頯,權也。从頁,聲。”


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