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匱

kuì, guì

empty, lacking

Original meaning: 

box

Phonosemantic compound. 匚 represents the meaning and 貴 represents the sound.

Components
匚 meaning component

匚  Meaning component

fāng

  

box

貴 sound component

貴  Sound component

guì

  

expensive

Evolution

匱 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
匱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
匱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
匱 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
匱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

匮 (匱) 

guì

to lack; variant of 櫃|柜[guì]

匮 (匱) 

Kuì

surname Kui

匮 (匱) 

kuì

lacking; empty; exhausted

Most common words with 匱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

匮乏

to be deficient in sth

匮

to lack

匮缺

to be deficient in sth

穷匮

to be short of sth

匮竭

exhausted

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

櫃

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ruj-s

gwijH

guì

box (n.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3727th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

匮

Unicode

U+5331

Shuowen

“匱，匣也。从匚，貴聲。”


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