Character: 虧
Modern (Beijing) reading: kuī
Preclassic Old Chinese: khʷaj
Classic Old Chinese: khwaj
Western Han Chinese: khwaj
Eastern Han Chinese: khwe
Early Postclassic Chinese: khwe
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khwe
Late Postclassic Chinese: khwe
Middle Chinese: khwe
English meaning : to wane, fail
Russian meaning[s]: 1) недостача, ущерб; потерпеть ущерб; потеря, убыток; 2) убывать; пустой; 3) к счастью; ирон. хорошо еще, что...
Comments: Regular Sino-Viet. is khuy. The archaic loan khuây probably reflects a causative usage of the word ('to make wane, fail' > 'to forget; to relieve, alleviate').
Radical: 141
Four-angle index: 4467
Karlgren code: 0028 a
Vietnamese reading: khuây
