覀

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See also: 西
覀 U+8980, 覀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8980
← 西
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 要 →
⻃ U+2EC3, ⻃
CJK RADICAL WEST ONE
← ⻂
 		CJK Radicals Supplement ⻄ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

覀 (Kangxi radical 146, 襾+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一中中田 (MLLW), composition ⿱一⿻口⿰丨丨)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1128, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2805, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8980

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (襾) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
賈 *kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ
檟 *kraːʔ
價 *kraːs
覀 *qʰraːʔ
襾 *qraːs

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 覀 – see 西 (“west; western; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 西).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 覀 – see 襾 (“cover”).
(This character is a variant form of 襾).

Usage notes

Radical or radical-like forms; used in complex characters.

Japanese

Kanji

覀

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): あ (a)、え (e)、か (ka)、け (ke)
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