匮 — Chinese character
匮
kuì
to lack; lacking, deficient; exhausted; empty
- Pinyin
- kuì
- Radical
- 22 ⼕ (Right Open Box)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 匚 贵
- Formation
- pictophonetic — box; meaning component 匚; sound component 贵
- Traditional
- 匱
Common words with 匮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 匮乏 (匱乏) | kuì fá | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| 金匮 (金匱) | jīn guì | variant of 金柜 (jīn guì) |
| 不虞匮乏 (不虞匱乏) | bù yú kuì fá | to have ample supplies (or money etc) |
| 匮缺 (匱缺) | kuì quē | to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) |
| 不匮 (不匱) | bù kuì | (literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking |
| 勤则不匮 (勤則不匱) | qín zé bù kuì | If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom) |
| 匮竭 (匱竭) | kuì jié | exhausted |
| 孝思不匮 (孝思不匱) | xiào sī bù kuì | to be forever filial (idiom) |
| 恤匮 (恤匱) | xù kuì | to relieve the distressed |
| 无虞匮乏 (無虞匱乏) | wú yú kuì fá | see 不虞匮乏 (bù yú kuì fá) |
| 疲匮 (疲匱) | pí kuì | tired; weary |
| 空匮 (空匱) | kòng kuì | scarce; poor |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.