Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 建奎, 建魁, 剑葵, etc.(Chinese) 建奎, 建魁, 劍葵, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕjɛn.kʰu̯eɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 建 (jiàn) meaning "build, establish" or 剑 (jiàn) meaning "sword, sabre" combined with 奎 (kuí) meaning "stride", 魁 (kuí) meaning "first, chief, head" or 葵 (kuí) meaning "sunflower". Other character combinations can form this name as well.