匡
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Translingual
    
    Han character
    
匡 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸一土 (SMG), four-corner 71711, composition ⿷匚王)
References
    
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 23
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2606
- Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 83, character 1
- Unihan data for U+5321
Chinese
    
| simp. and trad. | 匡 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 匩 | |
Glyph origin
    
| Historical forms of the character 匡 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | 
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts | 
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Characters in the same phonetic series (王) (Zhengzhang, 2003)  
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 皇 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 惶 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 遑 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 堭 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 煌 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 餭 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 騜 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 艎 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 隍 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 湟 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 徨 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 篁 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 蝗 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋs | 
| 凰 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 偟 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 媓 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 韹 | *ɡʷaːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ | 
| 葟 | *ɡʷaːŋ | 
| 皝 | *ɡʷaːŋʔ | 
| 汪 | *qʷaːŋ, *qʷaːŋs, *qʷaŋʔ | 
| 尪 | *qʷaːŋ | 
| 迋 | *kʷaŋʔ, *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs | 
| 逛 | *kʷaŋʔ | 
| 誑 | *kʷaŋs, *ɡʷaŋ, *kʷaŋs | 
| 匡 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 筐 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 框 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 眶 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 誆 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs | 
| 邼 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 恇 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 劻 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 洭 | *kʰʷaŋ | 
| 軭 | *kʰʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋ | 
| 狂 | *ɡʷaŋ, *ɡʷaŋs | 
| 軖 | *ɡʷaŋ | 
| 鵟 | *ɡʷaŋ | 
| 俇 | *ɡʷaŋʔ | 
| 王 | *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs | 
| 蚟 | *ɢʷaŋ | 
| 彺 | *ɢʷaŋ | 
| 旺 | *ɢʷaŋs | 
| 諻 | *qʰʷraːŋ | 
| 喤 | *qʰʷraːŋ, *ɡʷraːŋ | 
| 瑝 | *ɡʷraːŋ | 
| 鍠 | *ɡʷraːŋ | 
| 揘 | *ɡʷaŋ | 
Pronunciation
    
Definitions
    
匡
- (literary) upright
- to correct; to rectify
- (literary) to assist
- (literary) to save; to rescue
- to predict; to expect
- (obsolete) to lose
- (historical) name of an ancient book
- (historical) name of two ancient places in Henan
- Alternative name for 廬山/庐山 (Lúshān).
- (obsolete) shell of crabs
- † Alternative form of 恇 (kuāng)
- a surname
Compounds
    
- 一匡天下 (yīkuāngtiānxià)
- 不匡
- 九合一匡
- 功均一匡
- 匡俗濟時/匡俗济时
- 匡助 (kuāngzhù)
- 匡勷
- 匡合
- 匡君救主 (kuāngjūnjiùzhǔ)
- 匡坐
- 匡床
- 匡廬/匡庐 (Kuānglú)
- 匡復/匡复 (kuāngfù)
- 匡我不逮
- 匡扶 (kuāngfú)
- 匡持
- 匡救 (kuāngjiù)
- 匡時/匡时 (kuāngshí)
- 匡時濟世/匡时济世 (kuāngshíjìshì)
- 匡時濟俗/匡时济俗
- 匡正 (kuāngzhèng)
- 匡濟/匡济 (kuāngjì)
- 匡濟之才/匡济之才
- 匡當/匡当
- 匡算 (kuāngsuàn)
- 匡臺/匡台 (Kuāngtái)
- 匡謬/匡谬
- 析疑匡謬/析疑匡谬
- 濟世匡時/济世匡时
- 蟹匡蟬緌/蟹匡蝉𮉫
- 蠶績蟹匡/蚕绩蟹匡 (cánjìxièkuāng)
- 那匡
- 靖匡
Etymology 2
    
| For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 筐 (“bamboo basket or chest”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 筐). | 
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Etymology 3
    
| For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 框 (“frame; framework; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 框). | 
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Etymology 4
    
| For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 眶 (“eye socket, cranial orbit; rim of the eye; skin around the eyes”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 眶). | 
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Etymology 5
    
| For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 誆 (“to deceive; to cheat; to defraud; to coax”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 誆). | 
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Etymology 6
    
| For pronunciation and definitions of 匡 – see 哐 (“clash; bang”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 哐). | 
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Japanese
    
    Kanji
    
匡
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
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Korean
    
    Hanja
    
匡 (eum 광 (gwang))
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