奎 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

menu_bookMeaning

star, god of literature

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• ケイ
• キ

Other languages

• 拼音kui2
• 한글gyu
• Hán-ViệtKhuê

infoBasics

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

女(おんな)

JIS level

Level 2

JLPT (old scale)

Level 1

Unicode

U+594E

grid_viewComponents

• 土つち
• 大だい

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱大圭

menu_bookWords using this kanji

• 奎けいChinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
• 奎宿とかきぼし二十八宿の一つ。西方の第一宿。Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(2 results)

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• 窐One part differs
• 罣One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

infoLookup codes

SKIP

2-3-6

Four Corner

4010.4

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3b6.12

Heisig

2939