Radical 14

冖
13 ⼌ ◄	14th	► ⼎ 15
Pinyin :	mì 秃 宝盖 tūbǎogài (= bald lid) 平 宝盖 píngbǎogài (= flat lid)
Zhuyin :	ㄇ ㄧ ˋ
Hiragana :	わ か ん む り wakanmuri
Kanji :	ワ 冠 wakanmuri (= crown in the shape of the katakana sign ワ wa)
Hangul :	덮을 deopeul
Sinocorean :	멱 myeok
Codepoint :	U + 5196
Stroke sequence :

The radical 14 with the meaning "to cover", " cover , headgear " is one of 23 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which are written with two strokes.

With 11 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon.

The character originally represented something soft hanging down on either side: the cloth that Chinese peasants use to cover their heads. The seal mark represents a cloth that can cover something. Therefore, signs with this radical usually touch the meaning field "cover" such as:

character	Explanation
冥	gloomy
冠	Put on headgear
冢	dig

Character compounds ruled by radical 14

Seal script: cloth

Strokes	character
+ 00	冖
+ 02	冗 冘
+ 03	写 冚
+ 04	农
+ 05	军 冝
+ 06	冞
+ 07	冟 冠
+ 08	冡 冢 冣 冤 冥 冦 冧
+ 09	冨
+12	冩
+14	冪

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 14 is coded under the code point number 12.045 (U + 2F0D).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 91 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 14  - Graphic representations of Radikal 14

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of radical 14 on page 6