Taxonomy of meanings for 圭:  

  • 圭 guī (OC: kʷee MC: kʷei) 古攜切 平 廣韻:【圭璧説文曰瑞玉也上圜下方公執桓圭九寸侯執信圭伯執躬圭皆七寸子執榖璧男執蒲璧皆五寸周禮以青圭禮東方又孟子曰六十四黍爲一圭十圭爲一合古攜切十五 】
    • CONCUBINE
      • nfigurativeconcubine
    • GEOMETRIC SHAPE
      • nabmathematical termCHEMLA 2003: triangle
    • JADE
      • njade tablet indicating rank
      • nguī-jade longish tablet, often with round head. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials. ILLUSTRATION
    • WEIGHT MEASURES
      • VOLUME MEASURES
        • PURE
          • SURNAMES
            • GNOMON
            • 圭 guī (OC: kʷee MC: kʷei) 古攜切 平 廣韻:【圭古文 】
              • JADE
                • njade tablet indicating rank
                • nguī-jade longish tablet, often with round head. One of the liù yù 六玉 used in sacrifices to Heaven and Earth and the Four Directions, as well as in various formal court ceremonials. ILLUSTRATION
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              Additional information about 圭

              說文解字: 【圭】,瑞玉也,上圜下方。 〔小徐本「圜」作「員」。〕 公執桓圭九寸,矦執信圭,伯執躬圭,皆七寸,子執穀璧,男執蒲璧,皆五寸,以封諸矦。 〔小徐本「五寸」下有「圭」。〕 从重土。楚爵有執圭。 〔小徐本「圭」下有「也」。〕 【古畦切】 【珪】,古文圭从玉。 〔小徐本此字次於「𡍮(垂)」字之後。〕