冂

See also: ㄇ and 冖

冂	U+5182, 冂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5182

← 冁
[U+5181]

CJK Unified Ideographs

冃 →
[U+5183]

⼌	U+2F0C, ⼌ KANGXI RADICAL DOWN BOX

← ⼋
[U+2F0B]

Kangxi Radicals

⼍ →
[U+2F0D]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冂 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 中尸 (LS) or 難中尸 (XLS), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿰丨𠃌)

Kangxi radical #13, ⼌.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/冂
𭕔, 𥫚, 𧘉, 𪔃, 巾, 內, 禸, 朿, 囘, 䍏, 同, 𦉳, 网, 罔, 𦉰, 而, 兩(两/両), 南, 㒳, 繭, 丽, 𢫏, 制

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 30
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1506
Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 96, character 13
Unihan data for U+5182

Chinese

simp. and trad.		冂
alternative forms		冋坰

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冂

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Bronze inscriptions

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
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 (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiōng (jiong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): koén / koên
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): keng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyong
  - Wade–Giles: chiung¹
  - Yale: jyūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiong
  - Palladius: цзюн (czjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwing¹
  - Yale: gwīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: guing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: koén / koên
  - Hakka Romanization System: guen` / guen´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: guen³ / guen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /koen³¹/, /koen²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: keng
  - Tâi-lô: king
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: mek

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
Baxter	mek
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mik⁶

Definitions

冂

(obsolete) city outskirts; suburbs

Japanese

Kanji

冂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

冏構え (kei-gamae): the "upside down box" or "wide" radical
同構え (dō-gamae): the "same" radical

Readings

Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}^{←くゐやう (kwyau, ancient)}
Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)}^{←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}

Derived terms

冂構(けいがま)え (kei-gamae)

Korean

Hanja

冂 (eumhun 멀 경 (meol gyeong))

remote

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

冂: Hán Nôm readings: quynh

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References

Nom Foundation

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