guī

jade pointed at top

Depicts a ceremonial jade tablet pointed at the top.

Evolution

圭 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
圭 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
圭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
圭 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
圭 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

guī

jade pointed at top; (old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank)

Most common words with 圭
Freq.
Word
Meaning

(old) jade tablet (a ceremonial badge of rank)

巴拉圭

Paraguay

乌拉圭

Uruguay

圭亚那

Guyana

奉为圭臬

to take as a guiding principle (idiom)

Component uses

Sound component in 24 characters (7 verified)

詿

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ʷˤe

kwej

guī

jade scepter


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.9290% of movies

2924th most common character in movies

3537th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+572D

Shuowen

“圭,瑞玉也,上圜下方。公執桓圭,九寸;侯執信圭,伯執躬圭,皆七寸;子執穀璧,男執蒲璧,皆五寸。以封諸侯。从重土。楚爵有執圭。珪,古文圭从玉。”


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