葵 (kwai4 | kui2) : certain big flowering plants

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葵

kwai4

kui2

a term used in certain big flowering plants (eg. sunflower 向日葵, the mallow family 锦葵科--in particular, hollycock 蜀葵 (the genus Alcea))

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

葵

This word has been viewed 5449 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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蜀葵糖劑 suk6 kwai4 tong4 zai1 shu3 kui2 tang2 ji4 = marshmallow

葵芳 kwai4 fong1 = Kwai Fong (MTR station)

葵興 kwai4 hing1 = Kwai Hing (MTR station)

葵花 kwai4 faa1 kui2 hua1 = sunflower

葵瓜子 kwai4 gwaa1 zi2 = edible sunflower seeds

向日葵 hoeng3 jat6 kwai4 xiang4 ri4 kui2 = sunflower

藥蜀葵 joek6 suk6 kwai4 yao4 shu3 kui2 = marshmallow

山葵 saan1 kwai4/3 shan1 kui2 = wasabi

葵花子 kwai4 faa1 zi2 kui2 hua1 zi5 = sunflower seeds

蜀葵 suk6 kwai4 shu3 kui2 = hollyhock
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Showing 1 example containing 葵

佢地兩個可以拉埋天窗全靠我揸大葵扇咋粵
The two of them got married all because I matchmade them together.

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Decimal representation of this word: 葵
Unicode code for this character: U+8475 (off-site link)

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