Definitions

guǐ (literary) shelf; (literary) to store; to keep; to preserve

Etymology phono-semantic

house

Semantic: 广 Phonetic:

About

The character is a phono-semantic compound that combines the semantic radical 广, meaning a building or sheltered area, with the phonetic component , meaning branch or to support. It originally referred to the act of storing things on a shelf in a designated space, and later also denoted the storage apparatus itself, such as a shelf or cupboard.