Chinese surname · rank 442

隗

隗 is read as kuí.

Pinyin

kuí

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 隗

Basic meaning

high; lofty

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Zhou-era tradition, 1046-256 BCE

Place: Northern Di / Chidi activity around Jin, Wei, Lu, Xing and the north-central frontier; later Tianshui context for Kui Xiao noted separately.

Origin note

Kui/隗 is presented as a northern ethnic-clan surname layer, not a generic character meaning. The key tradition connects the surname with Guifang and the Red Di / Chidi groups active around Jin, Wei, Lu, and Xing sphere; Zupulu preserves the Guoyu-style list of five Chidi Kui-surname clans. The page records this as an early ethnic-surname layer and notes later historical figures separately.

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Sources checked

Wikipedia: Kui surname - Guifang and Spring and Autumn northern Di / Chidi surname origin layer
Zupulu surname reference: Kui - Chidi Kui-surname clans, Guoyu citation, and Red Di historical context
CCTV surname page: Kui - northern Di surname explanation and Eastern Han Kui Xiao note
Wikisource: Baijiaxing - received Baijiaxing sequence line containing 牧隗山谷車侯宓蓬
Han Dian: Kui - basic character meaning and surname listing only

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Origin note

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