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Meaning of 篑

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篑 (Trad.: 簣)
Pinyin: kuì
English Definition: basket for carrying soil
Chinese Definition:
①古代盛土的筐子：篑笼。功亏一篑。
Total strokes: 15; Radical: 竹
Pictophonetic:贵 indicates the sound; ⺮ (bamboo) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • ⺮ [ zhú ] bamboo; flute
    • 贵 [ guì ] expensive, costly; valuable, precious
Similar Characters: 箦
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Example Words
功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful; to fail through lack of a final effort; to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
More:篑* | *篑 | *篑*
Example Sentences
1
zuò shì
做事
bù kě
不可
kuī
亏
yī
一
kuì
篑
。
Never do things by halves.
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