ケイ, キ

star, god of literature

JLPT1 G13 S0 F5000

As per # (cone-shaped) + stand outstretched → *crotch* (shaped liked the base of a cone; compare and ) → *star* (believed to preside over literary activities, and belonging to a group of sixteen stars in Andromeda that resemble a human crotch).

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