魁 (fui1 | kui2) : chief; stalwart

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魁

fui1

kui2

[1] [n] chief; leader; head
[2] [adj] stalwart; tall and sturdy

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: (#194)

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

魁

This word has been viewed 3145 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Mar 2011 08:58

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魁北克 fui1 bak1 hak1 kui2 bei3 ke4 = Quebec

黨魁 dong2 fui1 dang3 kui2 = party boss

罪魁禍首 zeoi6 fui1 wo6 sau2 zui4 kui2 huo4 shou3 = main cause of a mishap; main thing or person responsible for something bad that happened

魁梧 fui1 ng4 kui2 wu2 = tall and strong; big and sturdy

魁省 fui1 saang1 kui2 sheng3 = the province of Quebec

奪魁 dyut6 fui1 duo2 kui2 = win gold; rank first place; be a champion

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Decimal representation of this word: 魁
Unicode code for this character: U+9b41 (off-site link)

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