匮
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to lack; lacking; empty; exhausted
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,464 U+532E
How 匮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
匚 (semantic, “box”) + 贵 (phonetic, guì)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 贵
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 贵 (guì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贵 sound component | guì | expensive, costly; valuable, precious |
| 溃 | kuì | a flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse |
| 聩 | kuì | deaf |
| 篑 | kuì | a bamboo basket for carrying soil |
| 蒉 | kuì | edible amaranth; straw basket |
| 愦 | kuì | confused, muddle-headed; troubled |
| 缋 | huì | to sketch, to paint, to draw; multicolored |
Words containing 匮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金匮石室 | jīn guì shí shì | variant of 金櫃石室|金柜石室[jin1 gui4 shi2 shi4] |
| 孝思不匮 | xiào sī bù kuì | to be forever filial (idiom) |
| 勤则不匮 | qín zé bù kuì | If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom) |
| 语言匮乏 | yǔ yán kuì fá | language deficit (linguistics) |
| 不匮 | bù kuì | (literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking |
| 金匮 | jīn guì | variant of 金櫃|金柜[jin1 gui4] |
| 空匮 | kòng kuì | scarce; poor |
| 匮缺 | kuì quē | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| 穷匮 | qióng kuì | to be short of sth; to be wanting in sth |
| 不虞匮乏 | bù yú kuì fá | to have ample supplies (or money etc) |
| 无虞匮乏 | wú yú kuì fá | see 不虞匱乏|不虞匮乏[bu4 yu2 kui4 fa2] |
| 匮竭 | kuì jié | exhausted |
| 匮乏 | kuì fá | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| 疲匮 | pí kuì | tired; weary |
| 恤匮 | xù kuì | to relieve the distressed |
| 罄匮 | qìng kuì | used-up; exhausted |
| 窘匮 | jiǒng kuì | destitute; impoverished |