夂

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See also: 攵, 夊, and 〩
夂 U+5902, 夂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5902
← 夁
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 夃 →
⼡ U+2F21, ⼡
KANGXI RADICAL GO
← ⼠
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼢ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

夂 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹水 (HE) or 難竹水 (XHE), four-corner 27400, composition ⿻𠂊㇏)

  1. Kangxi radical #34, ⼡.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5691
  • Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 15
  • Unihan data for U+5902

Usage notes

This character is usually written as the top component of a character such as in 冬, 各, 㣊, 夅, 夆, 备 or as a side component in 处, 処 and is not to be confused with 夊 which is often written as the bottom component of a character or 攵 which is often written as the right component of a character.

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 夂

Glyph origin

Etymology 1
Historical forms of the character 夂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Shuowen: Ideogram (指事) – two legs (𠂊) followed by something from behind (㇏) – to approach from behind.
Etymology 2
Pictogram (象形) – the knot at the end of a cord; ancient form of 終 (" end").
Etymology 3
See 夊 (suī).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 夂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 豬几切
Baxter trijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈjiX/
Li
Rong 		/ȶjiX/
Wang
Li 		/ȶiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi2

Definitions

夂

  1. † to approach from behind

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 終 (“end; ending; termination; to come to an end; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 終).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 夊 (“of going, slow”).
(This character is a variant form of 夊).

Usage notes

As a component of other characters, 夂 can be referred to as 折文兒／折文儿 or 冬字頭／冬字头.

Japanese

Kanji

夂

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. Winter
  2. Late
  3. Delayed

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ち (chi)、しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)
  • Kun: おくれる (okureru)

Vietnamese

Han character

夂: Hán Nôm readings: truy

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