櫃

See also: 柜 and 樻

櫃 U+6AC3, 櫃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6AC3 ← 櫂 [U+6AC2] CJK Unified Ideographs 櫄 → [U+6AC4]

Translingual

Han character

櫃 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+14, 18 strokes, cangjie input 木尸中金 (DSLC), four-corner 4191₈, composition ⿰木匱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 559, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15757
• Dae Jaweon: page 948, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1307, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6AC3

Chinese

trad.		櫃
simp.		柜*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (貴) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
藬	*l'uːl
僓	*l̥ʰuːlʔ, *ɡluːds
頹	*l'uːl
穨	*l'uːl
蘈	*l'uːl
隤	*l'uːl
墤	*l'uːl, *kʰruːds
尵	*l'uːl, *r'uːl
蹪	*l'uːl
瀢	*l'uːlʔ, *lulʔ
鞼	*kluːl, *ɡruls
膭	*kluːl, *ɡluːls
憒	*kluːds
靧	*ɡluːds
潰	*ɡluːls
繢	*ɡluːds
嬇	*ɡluːds, *kʰruːds
殨	*ɡluːds
闠	*ɡluːds
簣	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
嘳	*kʰruːds, *kʰruds
蕢	*kʰruːds, *ɡruds
聵	*ŋɡruːds
樻	*kʰruds, *ɡruds
䙡	*kʰruds, *kʰluds
匱	*ɡruds
臾	*ɡruds, *lo
饋	*ɡruls
櫃	*ɡruds
遺	*lul, *luls
壝	*lul, *lulʔ
瞶	*luls, *kluls
貴	*kluds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡruds) : semantic 木 (“wooden”) + phonetic 匱 (OC *ɡruds, “box”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): guì (gui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄟˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): gui⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gwai⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gei⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): kui⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khui

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kui⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): gui³
• Northern Min (KCR): gṳ̄
• Eastern Min (BUC): gôi

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kūi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guin⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gue; ⁶jiu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): guei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuei⁴
    • Yale: gwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guey
    • Palladius: гуй (guj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gui⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuei²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gwai⁶
    • Yale: gwaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: kui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰui¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khui
    • Hakka Romanization System: kui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰu̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰuɪ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gui³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuei⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ky⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kui²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kūi
    • Tâi-lô: kuī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kui
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kui²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kui³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guin⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kūiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũĩ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gue; ⁶jiu
    • MiniDict: gue^去; jiu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³gue; ³jjy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɡue²³/, /d͡ʑy²³/

Note: 3jjy - dated.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: guei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯e̞i̯²¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 櫃
Mandarin	Beijing	/kuei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/kuei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/kuei⁵³/
	Jinan	/kuei²¹/
	Qingdao	/kue⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/kuei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/kuei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/kuɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/kuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/kuei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/kuei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/kuei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/kuei¹³/
	Guiyang	/kuei²¹³/
	Kunming	/kuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/kuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/kue⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/kuei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/kuei³⁵/ /t͡ɕy³⁵/
	Hohhot	/kuei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/gue²³/ /d͡ʑy²³/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑy³¹/
	Hangzhou	/gui¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑy²²/
Hui	Shexian	/kʰue²²/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕy⁴²/ ～台
Xiang	Changsha	/kuei¹¹/
	Xiangtan	/guəi²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/kʰui²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰui⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/kʰui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kwɐi²²/
	Nanning	/kʷɐi²²/
	Hong Kong	/kwɐi²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kui²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kuɔi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ky⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kũi³¹/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kui³³/ /kui²³/ 抽屉

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• Middle Chinese: gwijH

Rime
Character	櫃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	脂 (18)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	求位切
Baxter	gwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjwiH/
Li Rong	/ɡjuiH/
Wang Li	/ɡwiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	guì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gwai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ruj-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡruds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	櫃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	guì
Middle Chinese	‹ gwijH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ruj-s/
English	box
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	櫃
Reading #	1/1
No.	4737
Phonetic component	貴
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	匱
Old Chinese	/*ɡruds/
Notes	匱轉註字見韓非子

Definitions

櫃

1. cabinet; cupboard
2. wardrobe
3. counter
4. (Hong Kong, Taiwan) Short for 貨櫃／货柜 (huòguì, “shipping container”).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 櫃子 (“cupboard; cabinet”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		櫃子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	櫃子
	Taiwan	櫃子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	櫃子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	櫃子
	Xining	櫃子
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	櫃子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	櫃櫃, 櫃子
	Wuhan	櫃子
	Guilin	櫃子
	Liuzhou	櫃子
	Nanning (Wuming)	櫃, 櫃子
	Binyang (Nanjie)	籠箱
	Hechi (Yizhou)	櫃子
	Luocheng (Dongmen)	櫃子
	Tianlin (Langping)	櫃
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	櫃子
	Hefei	櫃, 櫃子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	櫃
	Hong Kong	櫃
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	櫃, 沙櫃
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	櫃
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	櫃
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	櫃
	Macau	櫃
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	櫃
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	櫃
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	櫃
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	櫃
	Foshan	櫃
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	櫃
	Foshan (Shunde)	櫃
	Foshan (Sanshui)	櫃
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	櫃
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	櫃
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	櫃
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	櫃
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	櫃
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	櫃
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	櫃
	Taishan	櫃
	Kaiping (Chikan)	櫃
	Enping (Niujiang)	櫃
	Heshan (Yayao)	櫃
	Dongguan	櫃
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	櫃
	Yangjiang	櫃
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	櫃 vertical, 籠 horizontal
	Hepu (Shatian)	櫃 vertical, 籠 horizontal
	Baise	櫃
	Qinzhou	櫃
	Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	櫃
	Beihai	櫃
	Beihai (Nankang)	櫃
	Beihai (Yingpan)	櫃 vertical, 籠 horizontal
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	櫃
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	籠箱
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	櫃
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	櫃
	Móng Cái	櫃
Gan	Nanchang	櫃子, 櫥
	Pingxiang	櫃子
Hakka	Meixian	櫃仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	櫃
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	櫃
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	櫃
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	櫃
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	櫃
	Yudu	櫃子
	Hong Kong	櫃
Jin	Taiyuan	櫃子
	Xinzhou	櫃子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	櫥
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	櫥
Southern Min	Xiamen	櫥
	Chaozhou	櫥
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	櫃
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	櫃
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Yangjia)	櫃
Wu	Suzhou	櫥
	Wenzhou	櫥
Xiang	Changsha	櫃子
	Shuangfeng	櫃子

Compounds

• 二櫃 / 二柜
• 五斗櫃 (wǔdǒuguì)
• 保險櫃 / 保险柜 (bǎoxiǎnguì)
• 儲物櫃 / 储物柜 (chǔwùguì)
• 光碟櫃 / 光碟柜
• 內掌櫃的 / 内掌柜的
• 冰櫃 / 冰柜 (bīngguì)
• 出櫃 / 出柜 (chūguì)
• 壁櫃 / 壁柜 (bìguì)
• 大掌櫃 / 大掌柜
• 寄物櫃 / 寄物柜 (jìwùguì)
• 專櫃 / 专柜 (zhuānguì)
• 小櫃 / 小柜
• 床頭櫃 / 床头柜 (chuángtóuguì)
• 快餐櫃 / 快餐柜
• 押櫃 / 押柜
• 掌櫃 / 掌柜 (zhǎngguì)
• 攔櫃 / 拦柜
• 書櫃 / 书柜 (shūguì)
• 檔案櫃 / 档案柜
• 櫃上 / 柜上
• 櫃員 / 柜员 (guìyuán)
• 櫃員機 / 柜员机 (guìyuánjī)
• 櫃坊賭局 / 柜坊赌局
• 櫃子 / 柜子 (guìzi)
• 櫃房 / 柜房
• 櫃檯 / 柜台 (guìtái)
• 櫃檯委託 / 柜台委托
• 櫃櫥 / 柜橱
• 櫃臺 / 柜台 (guìtái)
• 櫃身子 / 柜身子
• 櫃面兒 / 柜面儿
• 櫥櫃 / 橱柜 (chúguì)
• 欄櫃 / 栏柜
• 水櫃 / 水柜 (shuǐguì)
• 甩手掌櫃 / 甩手掌柜
• 碗櫃 / 碗柜 (wǎnguì)
• 立櫃 / 立柜 (lìguì)
• 站櫃臺 / 站柜台
• 約櫃 / 约柜 (Yuēguì)
• 置物櫃 / 置物柜 (zhìwùguì)
• 羅櫃 / 罗柜
• 翻箱倒櫃 / 翻箱倒柜 (fānxiāngdǎoguì)
• 腰櫃 / 腰柜
• 自動櫃員機 / 自动柜员机 (zìdòng guìyuánjī)
• 衣櫃 / 衣柜 (yīguì)
• 衣物櫃 / 衣物柜
• 裝櫃 / 装柜
• 貨櫃 / 货柜 (huòguì)
• 貨櫃船 / 货柜船 (huòguìchuán)
• 酒櫃 / 酒柜
• 金櫃 / 金柜
• 銀櫃 / 银柜
• 錢櫃 / 钱柜 (qiánguì)
• 鐵櫃 / 铁柜 (tiěguì)
• 雪櫃 / 雪柜 (xuěguì)
• 電櫃 / 电柜
• 電視櫃 / 电视柜 (diànshìguì)
• 鞋櫃 / 鞋柜 (xiéguì)
• 頭櫃 / 头柜
• 食物櫃 / 食物柜
• 黃金入櫃 / 黄金入柜

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (櫃):

• → Korean: 궤(櫃) (gwe)
• → Vietnamese: quỹ (櫃)

Others:

• → Vietnamese: cũi (“cage”), quầy (櫃, “counter”)

Japanese

Kanji

櫃

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぎ (gi)
• Kan-on: き (ki)
• Kun: ひつ (hitsu, 櫃)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
櫃
ひつ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひつ [hìtsú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [çit͡sɨ]

Noun

櫃(ひつ) • (hitsu) 

1. chest, an item of furniture used for storage

Derived terms

• 櫃(ひつ)まぶし (hitsumabushi)
• 御櫃(おひつ) (ohitsu) a round container for cooked rice
• 唐櫃(からびつ) (karabitsu)
• 米櫃(こめびつ) (komebitsu)
• 細櫃(ほそびつ) (hosobitsu)
• 飯櫃(めしびつ) (meshibitsu)

Korean

Hanja

櫃 • (gwe) (hangeul 궤, revised gwe, McCune–Reischauer kwe, Yale kwey)

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Vietnamese

Han character

櫃: Hán Nôm readings: cũi, quĩ, quầy, quỹ

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