宀

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See also: 冖, 亠, and ウ
宀 U+5B80, 宀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B80
← 孿
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 宁 →
⼧ U+2F27, ⼧
KANGXI RADICAL ROOF
← ⼦
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼨ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

宀 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 戈月 (IB) or 難戈月 (XIB), composition ⿱丶冖)

  1. Kangxi radical #40, ⼧.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 281, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7054
  • Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 909, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+5B80

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 宀
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Glyph origin

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

Pictogram (象形) – a house.

Pronunciation

Note: 寶蓋頭/宝盖头 when used as a component.
Rime
Character 宀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 武延切
Baxter mjien
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/miᴇn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/miɛn/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mjæn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mian/
Li
Rong 		/miɛn/
Wang
Li 		/mĭɛn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/mi̯ɛn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mián
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		min4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 宀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mián
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjien ›
Old
Chinese 		/*me/ (no pre-Qín exx.)
English house, building

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 宀
Reading # 1/1
No. 9028
Phonetic
component 		宀
Rime
group 		元
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		緜
Old
Chinese 		/*men/

Definitions

宀

  1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
  2. a kind of flower
  3. Kangxi radical #40 宀 (“roof”)

Usage notes

As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋／宝盖 (bǎogài) or 寶蓋頭／宝盖头 (bǎogàitóu).

References

Japanese

Kanji

宀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. “roof” radical (ウ冠, u-kanmuri; literally “u-crown”)

Readings

  • Go-on: めん (men)
  • Kan-on: べん (ben)

Korean

Hanja

宀 (eumhun 집 면 (jip myeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

宀: Hán Nôm readings: miên

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References

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