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筀

guì

Character

What 筀 means

1. bamboo (archaic)

Words starting with 筀

• 筀竹guì zhúbamboo (archaic)

Characters built on 圭

These share the phonetic component 圭 (guī), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 硅guīsilicon (chemistry)
• 奎kuícrotch; 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy
• 桂guìcassia; laurel
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 眭suīto have a deep or piercing gaze
• 恚huìrage
• 跬kuǐbrief; short step

Sounds the same

Read guì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贵expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 柜cupboard; cabinet; wardrobe
• 跪to kneel
• 桂cassia; laurel
• 刽to amputate; to cut off; also pr. kuài
• 桧Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (old) coffin lid decoration; Taiwan pr. kuài
• 攰totally exhausted (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 累
• 鳜mandarin fish; Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
• 刿cut; injure
• 嶡precipitous; mountainous
• 溎name of a river
• 鱥minnow