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聩

kuì

Character Traditional 聵

What 聩 means

1. born deaf
2. deaf
3. obtuse

Words containing 聩

• 昏聩hūn kuìmuddle-headed
• 聋聩lóng kuìdeaf; fig. stupid and ignorant
• 振聋发聩zhèn lóng fā kuìlit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic
• 发聋振聩fā lóng zhèn kuìlit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic

Characters built on 贵

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

• 馈kuì(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 溃kuì(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 匮kuìto lack; lacking; empty
• 篑kuìbasket for carrying soil
• 蒉kuìAmaranthus mangostanus
• 愦kuìconfused; troubled

Sounds the same

Read kuì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 愧ashamed
• 馈(literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 馈
• 溃(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike…
• 匮to lack; lacking; empty
• 篑basket for carrying soil
• 蒉Amaranthus mangostanus
• 喟to sigh
• 愦confused; troubled