How to Say
How to Write
kuài
Radical: 广 16 strokes
Meaning: barn
💡 Think: '广' (shelter) + '會' (meeting) = barn where hay meets.
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📚 Character Story & Explanation

廥 (kuài) meaning in English —

Detective Xu here: The character 廥 (kuài) combines the radical 广 (shelter) with 會 (meeting, but here phonetic). Its original meaning is a barn for storing livestock fodder. In ancient texts, it specifically referred to a barn for hay or straw, highlighting its role in agricultural storage. Today, it remains a formal term in historical or agricultural contexts, and is not commonly used in daily life.

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