Radical 22

匚
21 ⼔ ◄	22nd	► ⼖ 23
Pinyin :	fāng 左 三 框 zuǒsānkuàng (= three-sided frame on the left) 区 字 框 qūzìkuàng (= frame of the character 区 qu)
Zhuyin :	ㄈ ㄤ
Hiragana :	は こ が ま え hakogamae
Kanji :	匚 構 hakogamae
Hangul :	상자
Sinocorean :	방
Codepoint :	U + 531A
Stroke sequence :

The radical 22 meaning " box , square box " is one of the 23 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written with two strokes.

The sign looks similar to the Hangul sign ㄷ "tikeut" .

With 14 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon.

There is a radical that looks almost the same, the upper horizontal line of which protrudes slightly to the left: 匸 ( radical 23 ). In the meantime, however, modern Chinese dictionaries also classify these characters under 匚, for example

匹 (measure word for horses and balls of cloth),

区 / 區 (= region) and

医 / 醫 (= doctor).

Radical 22 includes characters such as:

character	Explanation
匡	correct
匣	small box
匠	Craftsman

All of these symbols describe containers. The craftsman is one of them because he keeps his tools in a box. The symbol shows this box with an ax斤 ( radical 69 ).

Character combinations ruled by radical 22

Strokes	character
+ 00	匚
+ 03	匛 匜 匝 匞
+ 04	匟 匠 匡 匢
+ 05	匣 匤 匥 医
+ 07	匦 匧
+ 08	匨 匩 匪 匫
+ 09	匬 匭 匮
+11	匯 匰
+12	匱 匲
+13	匳
+14	匴
+15	匵
+17	匶
+18	匷

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 22 is coded under the code point number 12.053 (U + 2F15).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 138 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 22  - Graphic representations of Radikal 22

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 22 on page 8