Radical 23
匸 | ||
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22 ⼕ ◄ | 23 | ► ⼗ 24 |
Pinyin : | xǐ (= box) | |
Zhuyin : | ㄒ ㄧ ˇ | |
Hiragana : | か く し が ま え kakushigamae | |
Kanji : | 隠 構, 匸 構 kakushigamae | |
Hangul : | 감출 | |
Sinocorean : | 혜 | |
Codepoint : | U + 5338 |
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Stroke sequence : |
The Radical 23 meaning "round box " is one of the 23 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written with two strokes.
With 8 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon. In the Kangxi dictionary , too, there are only 17 of a total of over 40,000 characters that can be found under this radical.
In its current form, the radical only exists in compounds. Some scholars believe it is a box without a front, but with a lid, from which the meaning "hide" arose. Other scholars, on the other hand, see it as a rolled-up cloth to be "wrapped around".
Examples of compositions with this radical are:
character | Explanation |
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區 | District (abbreviation: 区) "many people (品) are in 匸" |
匽 | hide, hide, suppress |
Character combinations ruled by radical 23
Strokes | character |
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+ | 0匸
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+ | 2
匹区
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+ | 6匼
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+ | 7匽
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+ | 9匾 匿 區 |
In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 23 is coded under the code point number 12.054 (U + 2F16).
literature
- Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 89 .
- For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature
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