揆

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 9
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: kuí
Cantonese: kwai4 kwai5
JapaneseKun: HAKARU HAKARIGOTO
JapaneseOn: KI
Korean: KYU
Vietnamese: quẫy

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: prime minister; to guess, estimate

CE-Dict: consider/estimate

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to survey and weigh; to consider
2.a premier; a prime minister
3.important affairs
4.reasons

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》揆葵也。从手癸聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】揆
【唐韻】求癸切【集韻】【韻會】巨癸切，𠀤葵上聲。【說文】葵也。【爾雅·釋言】度也。【易·繫辭】初率其辭而揆其方。【註】循其辭，以度其義。【詩·鄘風】揆之以日。【史記·律書】癸之爲言揆也，言萬物可揆度，故曰癸。　又百揆，官名。【書·舜典】納于百揆。【傳】納舜于此官，揆度百事也。【後漢·百官志註】百揆，堯初別置，周更名冢宰。　又【正字通】渠惟切，音葵。字彙闕平聲，非。◎按唐韻，集韻諸書，揆字止收紙韻，不入支韻。經典釋文亦無平聲，从舊可也。本作𢲕。

CF-Dict: conjecturer, calculer

Han-De-Dict: schätzen, bewerten (u.E.)