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Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 水滸傳 - 李逵 3
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李逵

Lǐ Kuí
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Li Kui, 'Black Whirlwind' (黑旋风) of 《水浒传》 ('Water Margin')
  2. 2 twin-axe-wielding, violently loyal comrade of Song Jiang

About Li Kui

文学人物 fictional character

The hot-tempered, ink-black outlaw of the novel 水浒传 who fights with two axes and is fiercely loyal to his leader 宋江. When a tiger eats his mother, he kills four tigers.

Also called  黑旋风、 铁牛

Examples

HSK 7-9
Lǐ Kuí shǒuchí liǎng bǎ bǎn fǔ.
Li Kui wields a pair of broad axes.
HSK 7-9
Lǐ Kuí duì Sòng Jiāng zhōngxīngěnggěng.
Li Kui is unswervingly loyal to Song Jiang.

Tips

culture
A highwayman in the novel robbed travellers by posing as Li Kui, until he tried it on the real one, who later killed him. His name, 李鬼 'Li the Ghost', is now the word for any impostor or knock-off.
memory
逵 is a rare literary character for a broad road open in every direction, fitting for a man who smashes straight through any crowd with his axes.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ
逵 kuí