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奎 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「大」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「大」
On
ケイ・キけい・き · kei · ki
Kun
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Meaning
the Legs (lunar mansion)

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Big 大 with 圭 as phonetic: one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions, said to govern letters.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 奎宿けいしゅく

    the Legs mansion

  • 二十八宿にじゅうはっしゅく

    the 28 lunar mansions

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

奎(けい)宿(やど)は文運(ぶんうん)をつかさどるとされた。

The Legs mansion was said to govern literary fortune.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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