虧
wane (moon)
17 strokes.
Readings
- キ (on reading): 盈虧 (えいき) waxing and waning (of the moon); 虧盈 (きえい) waxing and waning
- かける (kun reading): 九仞の功を一簣に虧く (きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく) to fail one step short of great success
Components
- 虍
- 隹
- 二
- 二 radical two
- 勹 radical wrap
- 匕 radical spoon
- 卜 radical divination
- 厂 radical cliff
- 虍 radical tiger
- 隹 radical short-tailed bird
Words using 虧
- 盈虧 (えいき) waxing and waning (of the moon)
- 虧盈 (きえい) waxing and waning
- 月満つれば則ち虧く (つきみつればすなわちかく) every tide has its ebb
- 九仞の功を一簣に虧く (きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく) to fail one step short of great success