凵

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See also: ㄩ
凵 U+51F5, 凵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51F5
← 凴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 凶 →
⼐ U+2F10, ⼐
KANGXI RADICAL OPEN BOX
← ⼏
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼑ →

凵 U+2F81D, 凵
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F81D
← 𩇟
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 刃 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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Radical 17 凵

凵 (Kangxi radical 17, 凵+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女中 (VL) or 難女中 (XVL), four-corner 22770, composition ⿰𠃊丨)

  1. Kangxi radical #17, ⼐.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №23

Derived terms

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 39
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1800
  • Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 306, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+51F5

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 凵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 凵
Shang Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
s01079
s03628
Transcribed ancient scripts
L18641
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).

Pictogram (象形): a cave

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 凵 – see 坎 (“pit; hole; bank or ridge between fields; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 坎).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 凵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 凡 (146)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丘犯切
Baxter khjomX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kʰɨɐmX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʰiɐmX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kʰiɐmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kʰuamX/
Li
Rong 		/kʰiɐmX/
Wang
Li 		/kʰĭwɐmX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/kʰi̯wɐmX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		kuǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faam2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 凵 凵
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7353 10263
Phonetic
component 		凵 凵
Rime
group 		談 談
Rime
subdivision 		3 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		凵 凵
Old
Chinese 		/*kʰomʔ/ /*kʰomʔ/

Definitions

凵

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to open one's mouth

Japanese

Kanji

凵

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. “box” radical (凵繞, kannyō)

Readings

  • Go-on: こん (kon)←こん (kon, historical)←こむ (komu, ancient)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)
  • Kan’yō-on: かん (kan)

Compounds

Definitions

Kanji in this term
凵
うけばこ
Hyōgai
For pronunciation and definitions of 凵 – see the following entry.
【うけばこ】
凵: the kanji component 凵
(This term, 凵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

凵 (eumhun 입 벌릴 경 (ip beollil gyeong))

  1. open one's mouth

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

凵: Hán Việt readings: khảm (苦(khổ)感(cảm)切(thiết))

  1. chữ Hán form of khảm
    1. receptacle; an open aperture
    2. Kangxi radical 17—‘receptacle’

References

  1. ^ Trần (2004).
  2. ^ Bonet (1899).
  3. ^ Génibrel (1898).
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