盔 — Chinese character
盔
kuī
helmet; bowl, basin
- Pinyin
- kuī
- Radical
- 108 ⽫ (Dish)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 灰 皿
- Formation
- pictophonetic — dish; meaning component 皿; sound component 灰
Common words with 盔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头盔 (頭盔) | tóu kuī | helmet |
| 盔甲 | kuī jiǎ | armor; body armor and helmet |
| 钢盔 (鋼盔) | gāng kuī | metal helmet; (military) helmet |
| 锅盔 (鍋盔) | guō kuī | large round baked wheat pancake |
| 丢盔弃甲 (丟盔棄甲) | diū kuī qì jiǎ | (idiom) to throw away one's helmet and armor while fleeing from defeat |
| 扣屎盔子 | kòu shǐ kuī zi | (northern dialect) lit. to cap in excrement; fig. to discredit with absurd unfounded accusations |
| 盔头 (盔頭) | kuī tou | decorated hat or helmet in Chinese opera to characterize role |
English words written with 盔
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.