U+9B41 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+9B41 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "chief," "leader," or "first" and is often used to denote something outstanding or preeminent, such as in the term "魁首" for a champion or top figure. It is also associated with the concept of the "Big Dipper" in astronomy, specifically referring to the four stars forming the bowl of the constellation, and appears in compounds like "魁梧" to describe a person of tall and sturdy build. This character is composed of the radical "鬼" (ghost or spirit) on the left and "斗" (dipper) on the right, reflecting its historical and cultural connections to celestial symbolism and hierarchical prominence in East Asian languages.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
魁
HTML Hex Encoding
魁
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE9 0xAD 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding
0x9B41
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00009B41
C/C++/Java Escape
\u9b41

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
BBED
kCCCII
21616D
kCNS1986
1-6B76
kCNS1992
1-6B76
kCangjie
HIYJ
kCantonese
fui1
kCihaiT
1522.404
kCowles
847
kDaeJaweon
1994.180
kDefinition
chief; leader; best; monstrous
kEACC
21616D
kFanqie
苦回
kFenn
808H
kFennIndex
274.07
kFourCornerCode
2421.0
kGB0
3193
kGB1
3193
kGSR
0569f
kHangul
괴:0N
kHanYu
74429.130
kHanyuPinyin
74429.130:kuí,kuǐ,kuài
kHKGlyph
4639
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74429.130
kIRG_GSource
G0-3F7D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BBED
kIRG_JSource
J0-3321
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D3DA
kIRG_KSource
K0-4E5A
kIRG_TSource
T1-6B76
kIRG_VSource
V1-6C63
kJapanese
カイ かしら さきがけ
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:2963
kJapaneseKun
KASHIRA SAKIGAKE
kJapaneseOn
KAI
kJis0
1901
kKangXi
1461.090
kKarlgren
460
kKorean
KOY
kMainlandTelegraph
7608
kMandarin
kuí
kMatthews
3655
kMeyerWempe
576c
kMojiJoho
MJ029018
kMorohashi
45785
kNelson
5277
kPhonetic
711
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1407+68.4.10 C+1407+194.10.4
kRSUnicode
194.4
kSBGY
096.11
kSMSZD2003Index
796.04 282.07
kSMSZD2003Readings
kuí粵fui1
kTaiwanTelegraph
7608
kTGHZ2013
203.080:kuí
kTotalStrokes
13
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
khôi
kXerox
260:070
kXHC1983
0662.080:kuí