匱

匱 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸中一金 (SLMC), four-corner 7171₈, composition ⿷匚貴)

• 𠏺, 㙺, 𡣓, 𫻑, 𢷴, 櫃, 𥎛, 𦆠, 鑎, 𩍨, 𩏱, 䕚, 籄

• 櫃

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 154, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2651
• Dae Jaweon: page 346, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 89, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5331

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡruds): semantic 匚 (“cabinet”) + phonetic 貴 (OC *kluds, “valuables”).

“quecto-”

Phono-semantic matching of English quecto-. Coined by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection of the Republic of China Ministry of Economic Affairs (經濟部標準檢驗局) and first published on 31 October 2023.

匱

1. (literary) to lack; to be deficient in; to be short of

   • 錢之為言泉也。百姓日用，其源不匱。無遠不往，無深不至。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     钱之为言泉也。百姓日用，其源不匮。无远不往，无深不至。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Western Jin, 魯褒, 錢神論

     Qián zhī wèi yán quán yě. Bǎixìng rì yòng, qí yuán bù kuì. Wú yuǎn bù wǎng, wú shēn bù zhì. [Pinyin]

     Money is also called a spring. The masses use it daily, its source never runs dry. There is no distant place it does not go to; there are no depths it does not reach.

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 簣 / 篑 (kuì, “basket for carrying earth”)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 潰 / 溃 (“to collapse; to be routed”)
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 饋 / 馈 (kuì, “to gift”)
5. [from 2023] (Taiwan) quecto- (SI unit prefix)

   Synonym: 虧 / 亏 (kuī) (Mainland)

匱

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 櫃／柜 (guì, “cabinet; cupboard; reservoir”).

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• On (unclassified): き (ki)、ぎ (gi)
• Kun: ひつ (hitsu)

匱 (eum 궤 (gwe))

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匱: Hán Nôm readings: quĩ

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