魁 Strokes Write it Listen 魁 kuí chief, leader; best; monstrous HSK 7–9 13 strokes Radical 鬼 Ideograph 2 words Built from鬼guǐghost; demon; sly, mischievous斗dòuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup How it worksOne who fought 斗 a ghost 鬼; 鬼 also provides the pronunciation.