夔

夔 U+5914, 夔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5914 ← 夓 [U+5913] CJK Unified Ideographs 夕 → [U+5915]

夔 (Kangxi radical 35, 夊+18, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿金竹水 (TCHE), four-corner 4440₇, composition ⿱丷夒)

• 巙, 𢆃, 𪭆, 犪, 𥜶, 躨, 𧅄

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 245, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5746
• Dae Jaweon: page 487, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 872, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5914

trad.		夔
simp. #		夔
alternative forms		𡖂 虁

From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”), Sui kui² (“water buffalo”). Schuessler also considered 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.

夔

1. (Chinese mythology) the Kui, a one-legged creature
2. Kui, Emperor Shun's Music Minister and the legendary inventor of music and dance
3. a surname

• Often erroneously defined as "walrus". See Kui (Chinese mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)

夔 (eum 기 (gi))

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夔: Hán Việt readings: quỳ^[1][2][3]

1. chữ Hán form of Quỳ (“the Kui, a surname”).