Memory phrase for the Kanji: 魁

魁

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Meaning chief, head, outstanding, exceptional, stalwart

Pronunciation

kuí

Explanation

Left: devil, demon 鬼, right: measure of volume 斗(1 Dou = 10 l; stylised ladle with sth. in it)

Mnemonic
 
He is (strict) like a devil, but also distributes with a ladle: The chief.

Radicals

鬼 devil, demon, ghost
斗 dipperAs spoon or ladle also 匕 and 勺 are used.
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 Vocabulary

 罪魁  zuì kuí  criminal ringleader; chief culprit; fig. cause of a problem
 罪魁祸首  zuì kuí huò shǒu  criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit; fig. main cause of a disaster
 党魁  dǎng kuí  faction leader; head of political party
 魁梧  kuí wú  tall and sturdy
 魁梧  kuí wú  

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