屮

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See also: ψ, ѱ, Ψ, Ѱ, 𐌙, ⋔, and ₼
屮 U+5C6E, 屮
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C6E
← 屭
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 屯 →
⼬ U+2F2C, ⼬
KANGXI RADICAL SPROUT
← ⼫
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼭ →
屮 U+FA3C, 屮
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3C
← 層
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 悔 →

屮 U+2F878, 屮
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F878
← 屠
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 峀 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

屮 (Kangxi radical 45, 屮+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 山中 (UL), four-corner 22407, composition ⿻凵丨(GHTK) or ⿻凵丿(J))

  1. Kangxi radical #45, ⼬.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №11

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7826
  • Dae Jaweon: page 603, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1021, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5C6E

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 屮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 屮
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Etymology 1 and 2
Pictogram (象形) : A sprouting plant. Both glyph ⿻凵丨 and ⿻凵丿 are used, where the former is standard. Compare 屯 and 艸.
Etymology 3
See 䶹 and its evolution 𠂇.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 屮
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 薛 (83)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 丑列切
Baxter trhjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈʰˠiᴇt̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʰᵚiɛt̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶʰiæt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈʰiat̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȶʰjɛt̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȶʰĭɛt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȶʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		che
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cit3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 屮
Reading # 1/1
No. 1316
Phonetic
component 		屮
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		屮
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰad/

Definitions

屮

  1. new birth of plant
  2. left hand

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 草 (“herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb; etc.”).
(This character is an ancient form of 草).

Etymology 3

This section refers to ⿻凵丿 glyph only.
For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 左 (“left; east; areas to the east; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 左).

Japanese

Kanji

屮

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. left hand
  2. old grass radical (no. 45)

Readings

  • On (unclassified): さ (sa)
  • Kun: ひだり (hidari)、ひだりて (hidarite)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 왼손 좌 (oenson jwa))

  1. hanja form? of 좌 (“left hand”)

Etymology 2

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 싹날 철 (ssangnal cheol))

  1. hanja form? of 철 (“to sprout”)

Etymology 3

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 풀 초 (pul cho))

  1. hanja form? of 초 (“old grass radical (no. 45)”)
References

Vietnamese

Han character

屮: Hán Nôm readings: triệt

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