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冂

冂

冂 U+5182, 冂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5182
← 冁
[U+5181] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冃 →
[U+5183]
See also: ㄇ and 冖

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冂 (radical 13 冂+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 中尸 (LS) or X中尸 (XLS))

  1. Kangxi radical #13, ⼌ ‎(“down box”).
  2. outside the city, suburbs, wild

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 128, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1506
  • Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 96, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5182

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 冂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冂
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Large seal script

L28655
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 冂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 錫 (127)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 莫狄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /mek̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /mek̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /mɛk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mɛjk̚/
Li
Rong		 /mek̚/
Wang
Li		 /miek̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /miek̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mì

Definitions

冂

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References

Japanese

Kanji

冂

(Radical)

  1. "down box" or "wide" radical (まきがまえ)

Readings

Korean

Hanja

冂 • ‎(gyeong)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 경 (revised: gyeong, McCune-Reischauer: kyŏng)
  • Name (hangeul): 멀 (revised: meol)
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Vietnamese

Han character

冂 (quynh)

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References

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