kuì

basket

Depicts a basket. Ancient variant of .

Evolution

㬰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㬰 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
㬰 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

kuì

basket

 

(non-classical form of ) a moment; an instant; a little while; a short time

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[g]ruj-s

gwijH

kuì

basket


Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+3B30

Shuowen

“蕢,艸器也。从艸,貴聲。臾,古文蕢。象形。《論語》曰:‘有荷臾而過孔氏之門。’”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.525



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