匚

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See also: 匸, ㄈ, ㄷ, and コ
匚 U+531A, 匚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531A
← 匙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 匛 →
⼕ U+2F15, ⼕
KANGXI RADICAL RIGHT OPEN BOX
← ⼔
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼖ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

匚 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女 (MV), four-corner 71710, composition ⿱一𠃊)

  1. Kangxi radical #22, ⼕.

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2595
  • Dae Jaweon: page 344, character 26
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+531A

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 匚
alternative forms 𠥓
𠤬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匚
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (匚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
匚 *paŋ
匠 *sbaŋs

Pictogram (象形) .

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 匚
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1)
Final (韻) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 府良切
Baxter pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʉɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puaŋ/
Li
Rong 		/piuaŋ/
Wang
Li 		/pĭwaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/piwaŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		fong1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 匚
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fāng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjang ›
Old
Chinese 		/*paŋ/
English container, box (Shuōwén)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 匚
Reading # 1/1
No. 2984
Phonetic
component 		匚
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		方
Old
Chinese 		/*paŋ/

Definitions

匚

  1. a kind of container

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匚 – see 放 (“to release; to free; to liberate; to let out; to let go; to launch; to shoot; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 放).

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 匚 – see 方 (“parallel; side by side; parallel boats; raft made of bamboo; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 方).

Japanese

Kanji

匚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

匚 (eumhun 상자 방 (sangja bang))

  1. box

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

Readings

References

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