kuài

barn

A building 广 where food is stored  also provides the pronunciation

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎnguǎng

  

roof

會 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

huìkuài

  

to gather

Evolution

廥 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
廥 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
廥 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

kuài

barn; granary

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

Unicode

U+5EE5

Shuowen

“廥,芻藁之藏。从广,會聲。”


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