奎

kuí · kui

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. crotch
  2. 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy

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2 examples
01

奎(kuí)宿(xiù)是(shì)二(èr)十(shí)八(bā)宿(xiù)之(zhī)一(yī),属(shǔ)于(yú)西(xī)方(fāng)白(bái)虎(hǔ)。

The Kui constellation is one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions, belonging to the White Tiger of the West.

02

古(gǔ)人(rén)把(bǎ)天(tiān)空(kōng)分(fēn)为(wéi)二(èr)十(shí)八(bā)宿(xiù),奎(kuí)宿(xiù)是(shì)其(qí)中(zhōng)之(zhī)一(yī)。

The ancients divided the sky into twenty-eight lunar mansions, and the Kui constellation is one of them.

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