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Modern (Beijing) reading: kuì
Preclassic Old Chinese: gruts
Classic Old Chinese: grwǝć
Western Han Chinese: grwǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: grwǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: gwiś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gwìj
Late Postclassic Chinese: gwì
Middle Chinese: gwì
English meaning : box, coffer; defective, lacking
Russian meaning[s]: недостаток, нужда; [guì] см.
Comments: See 櫃 for the first meaning. Reason for devoicing in Mand. (kùi) is not clear.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 22
Four-angle index: 811
Karlgren code: 0540 g
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