魁
chief; head; outstanding; exceptional; stalwart
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,551 U+9B41
How 魁 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
One who fought 斗 a ghost 鬼; 鬼 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
leader · Heisig RSH #2930
鬼 ghost + 斗 Big Dipper
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 魁 as their sound component
These characters all use 魁 (kuí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魁 sound component | kuí | chief, leader; best; monstrous |
| 櫆 | kuí | Polaris, the north star |
Words containing 魁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魁北克市 | Kuí běi kè shì | Quebec city, capital of Quebec province of Canada |
| 魁北克 | Kuí běi kè | Quebec province, Canada |
| 易洛魁 | Yì luò kuí | Iroquois |
| 祸首罪魁 | huò shǒu zuì kuí | see 罪魁禍首|罪魁祸首[zui4 kui2 huo4 shou3] |
| 罪魁祸首 | zuì kuí huò shǒu | (idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster |
| 花魁 | huā kuí | the queen of flowers (refers esp. to plum blossom); (fig.) nickname for a famous beauty or… |
| 魁星 | Kuí xīng | stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper; Kuixing, Daois… |
| 魁元 | kuí yuán | brightest and best; chief; first among peers |
| 魁星阁 | Kuí xīng gé | temple to Kuixing, Daoist God of fate |
| 临魁 | Lín kuí | Linkui (c. 2000 BC), second of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Sh… |
| 魁首 | kuí shǒu | chief; first; brightest and best |
| 罪魁 | zuì kuí | criminal ringleader; chief culprit; fig. cause of a problem |
| 党魁 | dǎng kuí | party boss |
| 夺魁 | duó kuí | to win the championship; to take first place |
| 魁伟 | kuí wěi | tall and big; stalwart |
| 渠魁 | qú kuí | rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain |
| 魁梧 | kuí wú | tall and sturdy |
| 魁蚶 | kuí hān | arc clam (Arca inflata) |