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See also: 西
U+897E, 襾
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-897E

CJK Unified Ideographs 西
U+2F91, ⾑
KANGXI RADICAL WEST

Kangxi Radicals

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

(Kangxi radical 146, +0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一山月 (MUB) or 難一山月 (XMUB), four-corner 10227, composition )

  1. Kangxi radical #146, .

Usage notes

襾 is the 146th radical of the Kangxi dictionary. It most often appears at the top in the form 覀 as in . It is important to distinguish it from 西 and .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1128, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34762
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1595, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2805, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+897E

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

According to Xu Shen, it's overlapped with and a horizontal stroke on top to indicate the act of covering something.

Pronunciation


Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (32)
Final () (98)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter xaeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/hᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/xaX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/haɨX/
Li
Rong
/xaX/
Wang
Li
/xaX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xaX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
haa2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ X ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰˁraʔ/
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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
Reading # 1/1
No. 14204
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qraːs/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): (a) (ka) (ke)
  • Kun: おおう (ōu)