guī

common

Meaning of

规 means compass; drafting tool for circles; rule; regulation; standard. Pronounced guī.

  • compass; drafting tool for circles
  • rule; regulation; standard
  • to advise; to persuade

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Měi
shù
shàng
 
lǎo
shī
ràng
men
yòng
yuán
guī
huà
yuán
xíng
 

In art class, the teacher asked us to use compasses to draw circles.

Gōng
chéng
shī
yòng
liǎng
jiǎo
guī
liáng
zhǐ
shàng
de
 

The engineer used a pair of dividers to measure distances on the drawing.

Xiǎo
xué
shēng
chū
xué
huà
yuán
shí
 
kāi
yuán
guī
de
bāng
zhù
 

Young students learning to draw circles cannot do without the help of compasses.

Zhè
yòng
yuán
guī
huì
zhì
de
fēi
cháng
biāo
zhǔn
 

This geometric drawing was drawn extremely neatly with compasses.

Chuán
tǒng
jiàng
huì
yòng
liǎng
jiǎo
guī
lái
jiào
zhǔn
liào
de
 

Traditional carpenters also use dividers to calibrate the弧度 of wooden materials.