kuì

a bamboo basket for carrying earth

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
guì expensive

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a bamboo basket for carrying earth Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

Sound component
guì expensive

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhwɛjHkʰˤruj-sbasket
Zhengzhangkʰruːds
ɡruds

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang