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匱
匱
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See also: 匮
Translingual
Han character
匱 (radical 22 匚+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一金 (SLMC), four-corner 71718, composition ⿷匚貴)
- to lack
Descendants
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
Chinese
| trad. | 匱 | |
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| simp. | 匮 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄟˋ
- Wade-Giles: k'uei4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuey
- IPA (key): /kʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gwai6
- Yale: gwaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gwai6
- IPA (key): /kʷɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| Rime | |
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| Character | 匱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (18) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | Chongniu III |
| Fanqie | 求位切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ɡˠiuɪH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ɡʷᵚiH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ɡiuɪH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/gjwiH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ɡjuiH/ |
| Wang Li |
/ɡwiH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/gwiH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
guì |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 匱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
guì |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ gwijH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ɡ]ruj-s/ |
| English | box (n.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 匱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 4733 |
| Phonetic component |
貴 |
| Rime group |
隊 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
匱 |
| Old Chinese |
/*ɡruds/ |
Definitions
匱
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
匱
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
匱 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune-Reischauer kwe)
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Vietnamese
Han character
- Hán Việt: quĩ
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 匱
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| Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 藬 | *l'uːl |
| 僓 | *l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds |
| 頹 | *l'uːl |
| 穨 | *l'uːl |
| 蘈 | *l'uːl |
| 隤 | *l'uːl |
| 墤 | *l'uːl, *kʰruːds |
| 尵 | *l'uːl, *r'uːl |
| 蹪 | *l'uːl |
| 瀢 | *l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ |
| 鞼 | *kluːl, *ɡruls |
| 膭 | *kluːl, *ɡluːls |
| 憒 | *kluːds |
| 靧 | *ɡluːds |
| 潰 | *ɡluːls |
| 繢 | *ɡluːds |
| 嬇 | *ɡluːds, *kʰruːds |
| 殨 | *ɡluːds |
| 闠 | *ɡluːds |
| 簣 | *kʰruːds, *ɡruds |
| 嘳 | *kʰruːds, *kʰruds |
| 蕢 | *kʰruːds, *ɡruds |
| 聵 | *ŋɡruːds |
| 樻 | *kʰruds, *ɡruds |
| 䙡 | *kʰruds, *kʰluds |
| 匱 | *ɡruds |
| 臾 | *ɡruds, *lo |
| 饋 | *ɡruls |
| 櫃 | *ɡruds |
| 遺 | *lul, *luls |
| 壝 | *lul, *lulʔ |
| 瞶 | *luls, *kluls |
| 貴 | *kluds |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡruds) : semantic 匚 (“cabinet”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds, “valuables”).