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U+56D7, 囗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56D7

CJK Unified Ideographs
U+2F1E, ⼞
KANGXI RADICAL ENCLOSURE

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 31, +0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 月一 (BM) or 難難月一 (XXBM), four-corner 60000, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #31, .

Usage notes

This character () is used for enclosures. If a square is used within a character, then the character is (mouth) (U+53E3) instead.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 216, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4675
  • Dae Jaweon: page 439, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 710, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+56D7

Chinese

Wikipedia has articles on:

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to surround; to encircle; to corral; all sides; etc.”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of ).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”).
(This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of ).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of ).

Japanese

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Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. the "country" radical, called (くに)(がま) (kunigamae)

Readings

As a radical and ancient kanji for (country):

As an ancient kanji for (to surround/encircle):

Korean

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Etymology 1

Hanja

(nara guk) (hangeul 나라 )

  1. country, nation
  2. government

References

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

Etymology 2

Hanja

(dulle wi) (hangeul 둘레 )

  1. circumference, perimeter

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

: Hán Việt readings: vi

  1. chữ Hán form of vi (to enclose; to surround).

References