匮
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to lack; lacking; empty; exhausted
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 匚 +9
- Structure
- Left enclosure 左包
- Traditional
- 匱
- Common rank
- #2,464
- Unicode
- U+532E
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Formation & memory
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Words with 匮
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金匮石室 | variant of 金櫃石室|金柜石室[jin1 gui4 shi2 shi4] | |
| 孝思不匮 | to be forever filial (idiom) | |
| 勤则不匮 | If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom) | |
| 语言匮乏 | language deficit (linguistics) | |
| 不匮 | (literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking | |
| 金匮 | variant of 金櫃|金柜[jin1 gui4] | |
| 空匮 | scarce; poor | |
| 匮缺 | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) | |
| 穷匮 | to be short of sth; to be wanting in sth | |
| 不虞匮乏 | to have ample supplies (or money etc) | |
| 无虞匮乏 | see 不虞匱乏|不虞匮乏[bu4 yu2 kui4 fa2] | |
| 匮竭 | exhausted | |
| 匮乏 | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) | |
| 疲匮 | tired; weary | |
| 恤匮 | to relieve the distressed | |
| 罄匮 | used-up; exhausted | |
| 窘匮 | destitute; impoverished |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 贵 — compare how they read.