簋

簋 · guǐ

a square basket of bamboo for holding grain used at sacrifices

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
guǐ
Cantonese
gwai2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

a square basket of bamboo for holding grain used at sacrifices

Dictionary definitions & readings

簋 guǐ · ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles; round basket of bamboo

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
53011.170:guǐ Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0419.010:guǐ Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
124.180:guǐ Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
guǐ粵gwai2 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
궤:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
居洧 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HAVT Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8810.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0897.270 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
248.17 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0986a Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7C0B
Radical
竹 · 118
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6259

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
簋
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kwijX · 居洧 · 止合三上脂見 · #1259

PHONO-ML, source line 9268; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1020.509
kDaeJaweon
1324.030
kGSR
0986a
kHanYu
53011.170
kIRGDaeJaweon
1324.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53011.170
kIRGKangXi
0897.270
kKangXi
0897.270
kMatthews
3633
kMeyerWempe
1372d
kMorohashi
26448
kSBGY
248.17
kSMSZD2003Index
506.07
kCangjie
HAVT
kFourCornerCode
8810.7
kMojiJoho
MJ019665
kPhonetic
575
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BGH
kIRG_GSource
G0-737E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDC2
kIRG_JSource
J14-7365
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-64DE
kIRG_KSource
K1-5B30
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E2F
kIRG_VSource
V3-3647
kRSUnicode
118.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDC2
kCCCII
226D46
kCNS1986
2-5E2F
kCNS1992
2-5E2F
kEACC
226D46
kGB0
8394
kGB1
8394
kJIS0213
2,83,69
kJis1
5066
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4663
kTGH
2013:6259
kTaiwanTelegraph
4663
kXerox
300:161
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+14949+118.6.11
kCantonese
gwai2
kDefinition
a square basket of bamboo for holding grain used at sacrifices
kFanqie
居洧
kHangul
궤:1N
kHanyuPinyin
53011.170:guǐ
kJapanese
キ
kJapaneseOn
KI
kKorean
KWEY
kMandarin
guǐ
kSMSZD2003Readings
guǐ粵gwai2
kTGHZ2013
124.180:guǐ
kXHC1983
0419.010:guǐ
kSemanticVariant
U+23A95<kSMSZD2003Index:T U+23A98<kSMSZD2003Index:T

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
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⿱ Above / below

Shape description
𥫗 above 𭾁 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿱𥫗𭾁$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱𥫗𭾁$(GHTJKPV)

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