kuí

name
technical

Meaning of

蝰 means Kui, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions (lunar mansions) in Chinese astronomy; a Chinese surname. Pronounced kuí.

  • Kui, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions (lunar mansions) in Chinese astronomy
  • a Chinese surname

Character Info

Radical
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Definitions & Examples

Kuí
xiù宿
shì
西
fāng
bái
xiù宿
de
xiù宿
 

Kui is the first of the seven western mansions associated with the White Tiger.

rén
gēn
Kuí
xīng
de
wèi
zhì
lái
zhì
dìng
 

The ancients used the position of the Kui star to formulate calendars.