kuì

deaf

Components
耳 meaning component

  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

ear

贵 sound component

  Sound component

guì

  

expensive

Evolution

聩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聩 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聩 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
聩 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

kuì

deaf; born deaf; obtuse

Most common words with 聩
Freq.
Word
Meaning

振聋发聩

lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic

deaf

昏聩

muddle-headed

发聋振聩

lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic