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Information of 篑

Pinyin kuì

Radical

竹

Strokes

15 strokes

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Definition

basket for carrying soil

篑 (kuì) 1. Ancient basket used for holding earth. - Example: 篑笼 (a bamboo device for transporting earth, such as a carrying basket); 功亏一篑 (metaphorically refers to a situation where a task is incomplete due to a small remaining effort). 2. Original meaning: Bamboo basket used for holding earth. - Character construction: Phonetic-semantic compound; composed of bamboo (竹) and the phonetic component 贵. 3. Reference: - "Book of Documents – Journey of the Hound": "To build a mountain nine ren high, the effort fails by one篑." 4. Additional example: - 篑笼 (a bamboo tool for transporting earth, like a carrying basket); 功亏一篑 (metaphorically suggests that a task is incomplete with just a little more effort needed).

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)