Chinese Character 匮 Meanings and components.

Form

匮

Meaning

匮 meaning[3] in English

Surname Kui.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 匮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'right open box' … (匚) , and expensive (贵)

Its radical[1] is: 匚 (fang1) which means: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc, .匚fang1'right open …

In cangjie it is written with SLMO

How to write 匮

To write匮kui4surname Kui you should write a combination of 匚fang1'right open … , 贵gui4expensive arranged in a 回 shape:

匚 + 贵 = 匮

匮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 匮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 匮, looks as follow:

匮
Pinyin:kui4 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Kui
匚
Pinyin:fang1
Meaning[3]: 'Right Open Box' Radical (Kangxi Radical 22), Occurring In 区, 医, 匹 Etc
贵
Pinyin:gui4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Expensive . Noble . Precious . (Honorific) Your
中
Pinyin:zhong1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: China . Chinese . Surname Zhong
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
贝
Pinyin:bei4
Meaning[3]: Surname Bei
冂
Pinyin:jiong1
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 13), Occurring In 用, 同, 网 Etc . See Also 同字框[Tong2 Zi4 Kuang4]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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