囱

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See also: 囪
囱 U+56F1, 囱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F1
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Translingual

Alternative forms

Han character

囱 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹田弓戈 (HWNI), composition ⿱丿⿴囗⿻𠂊乀(GHV) or ⿱丿⿴囗夕(T) or ⿱丿⿴囗夊(JK))

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 217, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4710
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 715, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+56F1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (囱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牎 *sʰroːŋ
窗 *sʰroːŋ
窓 *sʰroːŋ
囱 *sʰroːŋ, *sʰloːŋ
總 *ʔsloːŋʔ
熜 *ʔsloːŋʔ
傯 *ʔsloːŋʔ
緫 *ʔsloːŋʔ
揔 *ʔsloːŋʔ
偬 *ʔsloːŋʔ, *ʔsloːŋs
囪 *sʰloːŋ
璁 *sʰloːŋ
驄 *sʰloːŋ
蔥 *sʰloːŋ
匆 *sʰloːŋ
怱 *sʰloːŋ
葱 *sʰloːŋ
楤 *sʰloːŋ
聦 *sʰloːŋ
繱 *sʰloːŋ
騘 *sʰloːŋ
鍯 *sʰloːŋ
聰 *sʰloːŋ
愡 *sʰloːŋs
檧 *sloːŋ, *sloːŋʔ
憽 *sloːŋ
幒 *sʰloŋʔ, *kjoŋ

A chimney. The dot is smoke leaving, the box is a window or house, and the xi or sui radical inside is either stars seen through the chimney or the people walking inside of the house.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 囱 – see 囪 (“chimney, funnel ”).
(This character is the simplified and variant form of 囪).
Notes:

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 囱 – see 窗 (“window”).
(This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 窗).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

囱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): そう (sō)、す (su)
  • Kun: てんまど (tenmado)、まど (mado)、けむだし (kemudashi)

Korean

Hanja

囱 • (chong, chang) (hangeul 총, 창, revised chong, chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong, ch'ang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

囱: Hán Nôm readings: song

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Chimney. Dot is smoke leaving, box is window or house, xi or sui radical inside char is stars you can see through chimney or the people walking inside house.

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