匮
Ancient forms
1 form- Small sealQin–Han
- 匱RegularTraditional
- 匮SimplifiedToday
Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
kuì as in 不匮 kui4
- to lack
- lacking
- empty
- exhausted
guì as in 金匮 gui4
- variant of 柜 guì
Kuì as in 不匮 kui4
- surname Kui
Example sentences
- Waste not, want not.
- Optimism is merely a lack of information.
Words with 匮
- 不匮bùkuì(literary) to never have a deficiency; to never be lacking
- 空匮kòngkuìscarce
- 匮缺kuìquēto be deficient in sth
- 穷匮qióngkuìto be short of sth
- 匮乏kuìfáto be deficient in sth
- 疲匮píkuìtired
- 匮竭kuìjiéexhausted
- 恤匮xùkuìto relieve the distressed
- 罄匮qìngkuìused-up
- 窘匮jiǒngkuìdestitute
- 勤则不匮qínzébùkuìIf one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
- 孝思不匮xiàosībùkuìto be forever filial (idiom)