Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 匮


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Meaning

deficiency, to lack, empty, exhausted

Pronunciation

kuì

Explanation

Left: frame , right: precious, expensive (A blooming flower [simplified from ] and money are precious.)

Mnemonic

If the frame for the precious things is open at the right, it is a deficiency. [..that needs to be corrected ]

Radicals

right open box(embrace)
precious, expensive
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Vocabulary

窘匮 jiǒng kuì destitute; impoverished
匮乏 kuì fá to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
金匮石室 jīn guì shí shì variant of 金柜石室


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