guī

a jade table conferred upon feudal princes by the emperor as a symbol of dignity and authority

Evolution

珪 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
珪 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
珪 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
珪 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

guī

a jade table conferred upon feudal princes by the emperor as a symbol of dignity and authority; variant of [guī]

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+73EA

Shuowen

“圭,瑞玉也,上圜下方。公執桓圭,九寸;侯執信圭,伯執躬圭,皆七寸;子執穀璧,男執蒲璧,皆五寸。以封諸侯。从重土。楚爵有執圭。珪,古文圭从玉。”


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