kuài

barn

A building 广 where food is stored  also provides the pronunciation

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
SoundMeaning component
huì, kuài to gather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːbs

說文解字

芻藁之藏。从广會聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

𰏶 kuài Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode