中

魁

Unicode: U+9B41

Pinyin: kuǐ kuí kuài

Definition

* 为首的，居第一位的。 ～首。～星（ａ．北斗星中第一星，又第一星至第四星的总称；ｂ．中国神话中所说的主宰文章兴衰的神）。～元。罪～祸首。夺～。 * 高大。 身～力壮。～梧。～伟

chief; leader; best; monstrous

Structure

魁 graph

Related substructures

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Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC