柜 (guì) is a Chinese character meaning “cabinet”. It is written from 木 (tree; wood) and 巨 (huge; giant), side by side, and takes 8 strokes.
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Structure
木 + 巨
Left–right structure
Structure from: Unicode U+67DC and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (left 木 4 strokes + right 巨 4 strokes = 8)
Memory aid
Wood (木) on the left, huge (巨) on the right: a big wooden box you keep things in — a cabinet.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
8 strokes
In real words
- 柜子guì zicabinet; cupboard柜 = guì
- 书柜shū guìbookcase柜 = guì
Go deeper
All readings
cabinet
cabinet; cupboard; wardrobe; shop counter
存放东西的家具，也指商店里的柜台。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 柜子guì zicabinet; cupboard柜 = guì
- 书柜shū guìbookcase柜 = guì
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Questions people ask about this character
What does 柜 mean?
柜 (guì) means cabinet; cupboard; wardrobe; shop counter.
How do you pronounce 柜?
It is pronounced guì.
What parts is 柜 made of?
木 (tree; wood) and 巨 (huge; giant), side by side. The recorded source is: Unicode U+67DC and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection (left 木 4 strokes + right 巨 4 strokes = 8). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 柜 have?
8. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 柜?
木. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 柜?
Common ones are 柜子 and 书柜. The reading of 柜 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.