Memory phrase for the character: 匮

匮

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Meaning

deficiency, to lack, empty, exhausted

Pronunciation

kuì

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

匚 right open boxembrace
贵 precious, expensive




 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
金匮石室 jīn guì shí shì  
金匮石室 jīn guì shí shì  

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