Also known as Keoui, Tsee-keoui, Ssee-keoui
Separate figures in Chinese mythology, one a one-legged monster, another a legendary minister credited with the invention of music or some kinds of music
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夔（kuí）（拼音：kuí，注音：ㄎㄨㄟˊ，音同「葵」），是中國傳說中的神獸，相傳為堯、舜時代的國家樂官。傳至商朝及西周時期傳說中一種近似龍的動物，形象多為一角、一足、口張開、尾上卷，在鐘鼎彝器等青銅器上經常會釋有夔紋。外形像夔聲音如雷，僅有一足。據說黃帝依照九天玄女的指示將夔殺死，以其皮製成戰鼓。
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