夔
Meanings
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- 1.one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology
- 2.Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing
- 3.Chinese rain god
- 4.surname Kui
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Wiktionary
- 1.the Kui, a mythological one-legged creature or spirit, variously described as a dragon-like mountain spirit, a wood-and-stone demon, or a sea beast
- 2.a wild ox; a large wild bovine; also written 犪 (kuí) or compared with 犩 (wéi)
- 3.Kui, a legendary music minister under Emperor Shun
- 4.Kui, an ancient state in present-day Zigui County, Hubei, destroyed by Chu in 634 BCE; also called 隗國／隗国 or 歸國／归国 (guīguó)
- 5.Kui Prefecture, a historical prefecture centered around present-day Fengjie, Chongqing
- 6.reverent; respectful; standing respectfully
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
From a Kam-Tai source (Mei, 1980; Schuessler, 2007); compare Proto-Tai *ɣwaːjᴬ (“water buffalo”), Sui kui² (“water buffalo”), Burmese ကျွဲ (kywai:, “water buffalo”). Schuessler also considered 犩 (Later Han Chinese ŋuɨ) to be the same etymon.
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