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Keyword
to lack
  • lacking
  • deficient
  • exhausted
  • empty
Frequency
#3216
Strokes
11
Readings
kuì
Mnemonic
匚 (box) gives the meaning and 贵 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
匮乏kuìfá
to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
匮kuì
to lack; lacking; empty; exhausted
不虞匮乏bùyúkuìfá
to have ample supplies (or money etc)
匮缺kuìquē
to be deficient in sth; to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)