魁
kuí
#2,594 most
frequent character
chief, head, outstanding, exceptional
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
魁 joins 斗, a spoon for serving alcohol, with 鬼 guǐ as the sound part. It first meant a soup ladle. The sense big or imposing was borrowed for sound, and from there came outstanding and chief.
魁 as a component in other characters
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