What 匮 means
Use kuì for shortage; guì for a chest. 匚 marks the container, while 貴 supplies the sound in the older chest sense.
The available shape record runs from a Chu manuscript form through Shuowen, clerical, and regular script; no oracle-bone or bronze form is established in the sources checked as of 2026.
The shortage sense extends from “empty” or “exhausted.” In 未成一匮, 匮 is a loan for 篑, an earth basket.
Who writes 匮
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsKuì: lacking, deficient, or short of supplies.
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CJK Unified Ideograph-8Cb4
Sound component in the older chest form; simplified 匮 keeps it in shortened shape.
CJK Unified Ideograph-531A
Container radical framing 匮, marking the box or chest idea behind both readings.
CJK Unified Ideograph-7Bd1
Earth-basket character that 匮 borrows in the classical phrase 未成一匮.
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How to type or find 匮
- Also called
- 匱
- Search it as
- kui · kui4 · gui · gui4 · kuifa · kuijie · kuique · cabinet
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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匮CSS
\532ECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
匮
HTML hex
匮
CSS content
content: "\532E";
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URL encoded
%E5%8C%AE
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