匱

See also 匮

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 匚 (“cabinet”) + phonetic 貴 (“valuables”)

Han character

匱 (radical 22 匚+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一金 (SLMC), four-corner 7171₈)

1. to lack

Descendants

• 櫃

References

• KangXi: page 154, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2651
• Dae Jaweon: page 346, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 89, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5331

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Cantonese

Hanzi

匱 (simplified 匮, Yale gwai6)

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Japanese

Kanji

匱

Readings

• On: き (ki), ぎ (gi)
• Kun: ひつ (hitsu)

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Korean

Hanja

匱 (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune-Reischauer kwe)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

匱 (simplified 匮, pinyin guì (gui4), Wade-Giles kuei⁴)