Hanja Analyzer
匱

匱 — gwe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
갑(匣)/다할 궤
Romanization
gwe
English
to lack
Mandarin
guì
Japanese on'yomi
キ, ギ
Japanese kun'yomi
ひつ
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
14
Radical
匚 (22, 12 residual)
Phonetic component
貴
Unicode
U+5331

Parts that make up 匱

  • 匚 상자 방 한쪽이 트인 상자담고 감추는 것
  • 貴 귀할 귀sound 두 손으로 받쳐 든 재물귀하다. ‘궤·귀’ 계열의 소리

How 匱 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 匱 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 匚, 貴.

Characters sharing the phonetic 貴

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “궤”

Other hanja with radical 匚

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