冖

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See also: 宀, 勹, 匸, and ワ
冖 U+5196, 冖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5196
← 冕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冗 →
⼍ U+2F0D, ⼍
KANGXI RADICAL COVER
← ⼌
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼎ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冖 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓 (IN) or 中弓 (LN) or 難難中弓 (XXLN), four-corner 37000, composition ⿰丿乛)

  1. Kangxi radical #14, ⼍.

Derived characters

Usage notes

In historical forms, often a 3-side enclosure, as in 匸. In modern forms, closer to 宀 without the top stroke (shorter sides).

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 130, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1565
  • Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 302, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5196

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冖
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (冖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冟 *hmjeɡ
冖 *meːɡ
冪 *meːɡ
羃 *meːɡ
濗 *meːɡ
鼏 *meːɡ

A cloth used to cover something. Unrelated to 写 (< 寫), 愛, 亭, 亮, 高, and 學.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 冖 – see 冪 (“to cover with cloth; cloth cover; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 冪).

Usage notes

As a component of other characters, 冖 can be referred to as 禿寶蓋／秃宝盖 (tūbǎogài) or 寶蓋頭／宝盖头 (bǎogàitóu) (Cantonese) or 蓋頭／盖头 (gàitou) (Xiang).

Japanese

Kanji

冖

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. "crown" radical (わかんむり (wakanmuri), べきかんむり (bekikanmuri))

Readings

  • Go-on: みゃく (myaku)←みやく (myaku, historical)
  • Kan-on: べき (beki)
  • Kun: おおう (ōu)←おほふ (ofofu, historical)

Korean

Hanja

冖 (eumhun 덮을 멱 (deopeul myeok))

  1. cover

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

冖: Hán Nôm readings: mịch

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