葵 — Chinese character
葵
kuí
sunflower; to measure
- Pinyin
- kuí
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 艹 癸
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 癸
- Japanese
- 葵 as a kanji
Common words with 葵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 向日葵 | xiàng rì kuí | sunflower (Helianthus annuus) |
| 葵花 | kuí huā | sunflower |
| 秋葵 | qiū kuí | okra (Abelmoschus esculentus) |
| 海葵 | hǎi kuí | sea anemone |
| 天竺葵 | tiān zhú kuí | geranium (Pelargonium hortorum) |
| 龙葵 (龍葵) | lóng kuí | black nightshade (Solanum nigrum) |
| 蜀葵 | shǔ kuí | hollyhock (Alcea rosea) |
| 葵花子 | kuí huā zǐ | sunflower seeds |
| 锦葵 (錦葵) | jǐn kuí | common mallow (Malva sinensis), used in TCM |
| 葵扇 | kuí shàn | palm-leaf fan |
| 山葵 | shān kuí | wasabi |
| 蒲葵 | pú kuí | Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis) |
English words written with 葵
葵 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 3
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.