虧

虧 U+8667, 虧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8667 ← 虦 [U+8666] CJK Unified Ideographs 虨 → [U+8668]

虧 U+2F9B5, 虧 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9B5 ← 虜 [U+2F9B4] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 虩 → [U+2F9B6]

虧 (Kangxi radical 141, 虍+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 卜土一一尸 (YGMMS), four-corner 2122₇, composition ⿰雐亏(GHTV) or ⿰雐亐(JK))

• 𡓰, 𧃷, 𣌉, 𩆾

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1075, character 42
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32770
• Dae Jaweon: page 1544, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2830, character 14
• Unihan data for U+8667

• Unihan data for U+2F9B5

trad.		虧
simp.		亏*

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰʷral) : phonetic 雐 (OC *qʰʷlaː) + semantic 亏 (“exhale”).

“quecto-”

Phono-semantic matching of English quecto-. Coined by the China National Committee for Terminology in Science and Technology and the State Administration for Market Regulation on World Metrology Day in 2023 (20 May 2023).

虧

1. to lose; to suffer losses

   虧了一千塊錢／亏了一千块钱  ―  kuī le yīqiān kuài qián  ―  to have lost 1000 yuan

   • 賂秦而力虧，破滅之道也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     赂秦而力亏，破灭之道也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 11^th century CE, 蘇洵 (Su Xun), 六國論

     Lù Qín ér lì kuī, pòmiè zhī dào yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to be lacking; to be deficient

   理虧／理亏  ―  lǐkuī  ―  to be in the wrong

3. to treat unfairly
4. luckily; it is fortunate that; thanks to
5. used to show irony with a note of reproach
6. (Cantonese) weak; unhealthy

   你有冇咁虧呀，行兩步路就喘晒氣。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   你有冇咁亏呀，行两步路就喘晒气。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ jau⁵ mou⁵ gam³ kwai¹ aa³, haang⁴ loeng⁵ bou⁶ lou⁶ zau⁶ cyun² saai³ hei³. [Jyutping]

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

7. (Cantonese) not very functional; easy to break

   部電腦虧虧地嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   部电脑亏亏地嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   bou⁶ din⁶ nou⁵ kwai¹ kwai¹ dei² ge². [Jyutping]

   The computer is not functioning well.

8. [from 2022] (Mainland China) quecto- (SI unit prefix)

   Synonym: 匱／匮 (Taiwan)

• (to lose):

• (to be lacking):

• (to treat unfairly):

• (luckily):

• (antonym(s) of “to lose”): (literary, or in compounds) 盈 (yíng)
• (antonym(s) of “to treat unfairly”):

SI prefix
Last
絨/柔／绒/柔	匱/虧／匮/亏

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. wane (moon)

• On (unclassified): き (ki)
• Kun: かける (kakeru)

虧 • (hyu) (hangeul 휴, revised hyu, McCune–Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)

1. lose, fail
2. damage
3. deficient

虧: Hán Nôm readings: khuy, khuya, khuây

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