匣

匣 U+5323, 匣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5323 ← 匢 [U+5322] CJK Unified Ideographs 匤 → [U+5324]

Translingual

Han character

匣 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 尸田中 (SWL), four-corner 7171₅, composition ⿷匚甲)

Derived characters

• 𪡄, 𭑻, 𭰙, 𮥇, 㭱, 𨧄, 筪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2610
• Dae Jaweon: page 345, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 84, character 11
• Unihan data for U+5323

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匣

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匣
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (甲) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
笚	*ʔl'aːb, *ɡraːb
閘	*klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb
鉀	*klaːb, *kraːb
甲	*kraːb
胛	*kraːb
岬	*kraːb
押	*kraːb, *qraːb
玾	*kraːb
呷	*qʰraːb
匣	*ɡraːb
狎	*ɡraːb
柙	*ɡraːb
翈	*ɡraːb
炠	*ɡraːb
鴨	*qraːb
庘	*qraːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡraːb): semantic 匚 + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xiá (xia²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щя (xi͡a, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haap⁶ / hap⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ha̍p
• Northern Min (KCR): gă
• Eastern Min (BUC): ăh
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): a̍h / a̍p / ha̍p

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ab⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸ghaq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siá
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²
    • Yale: syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shya
    • Palladius: ся (sja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiár
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siár
    • Wade–Giles: hsia²-ʼrh
    • Yale: syár
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyal
    • Palladius: сяр (sjar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑɻ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щя (xi͡a, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕia²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haap⁶ / hap⁶
    • Yale: haahp / hahp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haap⁹ / hap⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hab⁶ / heb⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːp̚²/, /hɐp̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ha̍p
    • Hakka Romanization System: hab
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hab⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /hap̚⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gă
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ăh
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍h
    • Tâi-lô: a̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ah
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /aʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /aʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʔ¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a̍p
    • Tâi-lô: a̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ap
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ap̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ap̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ha̍p
    • Tâi-lô: ha̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hap
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hap̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hap̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hap̚²⁴/

Note:

• a̍h - vernacular (“small box”);
• a̍p - vernacular;
• ha̍p - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ab⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a̍p
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ap̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸ghaq
    • MiniDict: ghah^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵hhaq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦaʔ¹²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 匣
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕia³⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕia²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕiɑ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ɕia⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ɕia⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕia⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ɕia²⁴/
	Xining	/ɕia²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕia⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕia⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕia⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕia²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ɕia³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕia²¹/
	Kunming	/ɕia̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/ɕiɑʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xaʔ⁵⁴/ /ɕiaʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/xʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ɕiaʔ⁴³/ 風～ /ɕia³¹/ ～子
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦaʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ɦaʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦiɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ɦa²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xa²²/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕia²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ɕiɒ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/kap̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐp̚²/
	Nanning	/hap̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/hɐp̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hap̚⁵/ /aʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/aʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ka²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ap̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ap̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: haep

Rime
Character	匣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	狎 (150)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	胡甲切
Baxter	haep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠap̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦᵚap̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣap̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaɨp̚/
Li Rong	/ɣap̚/
Wang Li	/ɣap̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣap̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	haap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤr[a]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡraːb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiá
Middle Chinese	‹ hæp ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁr[a]p/
English	box
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	匣
Reading #	1/1
No.	5938
Phonetic component	甲
Rime group	盍
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	狎
Old Chinese	/*ɡraːb/

Definitions

匣

1. small box, case

Compounds

• 八音匣
• 兵書匣 / 兵书匣
• 匣匠
• 匣子 (xiázi)
• 匣床
• 匣裡龍吟 / 匣里龙吟
• 地匣
• 字幕匣
• 彈匣 / 弹匣 (dànxiá)
• 得匣還珠 / 得匣还珠
• 手匣
• 扶手匣
• 拜匣
• 收件匣 (shōujiànxiá)
• 文匣
• 木匣
• 火匣子
• 玉匣 (yùxiá)
• 甸匣
• 皮匣
• 相匣子
• 行匣
• 話匣子 / 话匣子 (huàxiázi)
• 錦匣 / 锦匣
• 鏡匣 / 镜匣
• 電匣子 / 电匣子 (diànxiázi)
• 骨殖匣
• 黑匣子 (hēixiázi)
• 墨水匣

See also

• 盒 (hé)

Etymology 2

Checked-tone variant of 也.

Pronunciation

• Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): ⁸ghaeq

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• Wu
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁸ghaeq
    • MiniDict: ghaeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦaʔ²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 匣
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕia³⁵/
	Harbin	/ɕia²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ɕiɑ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ɕia⁴²/
	Qingdao	/ɕia⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ɕia⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ɕia²⁴/
	Xining	/ɕia²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ɕia⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕia⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕia⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕia²¹³/
	Chengdu	/ɕia³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕia²¹/
	Kunming	/ɕia̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/ɕiɑʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xaʔ⁵⁴/ /ɕiaʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/xʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/ɕiaʔ⁴³/ 風～ /ɕia³¹/ ～子
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦaʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ɦaʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦiɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ɦa²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/xa²²/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/ɕia²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/ɕiɒ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian	/kap̚¹/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hɐp̚²/
	Nanning	/hap̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/hɐp̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/hap̚⁵/ /aʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/aʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ka²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ap̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ap̚³/

Adverb

匣

1. (Suzhounese) also; even
   • 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 19:

     飯匣㬟吃就走哉。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
     饭匣㬟吃就走哉。 [Suzhounese, simp.]

     ⁶ve ⁸ghaeq ¹fen ⁷chiq ⁶zeu ³tseu-tse₁ [Wugniu]

     (He) left without even eating.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 也 (“also, too”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		亦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		也
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	也
	Taiwan	也
	Malaysia	也
	Singapore	也
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	也
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	也
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	也
	Wuhan	也
	Guilin	也
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	也
	Hefei	也
Cantonese	Guangzhou	都, 亦
	Hong Kong	都, 亦, 亦都
	Macau	都, 亦 formal
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	都, 也
	Taishan	亦
	Kaiping (Chikan)	亦, 都, 亦都
	Yangjiang	也
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	都
	Singapore (Guangfu)	都, 亦都
Gan	Nanchang	也
Hakka	Meixian	也
	Wuhua (Meilin)	也
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	乜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	乜, 也
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	乜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	乜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	乜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	嘛
	Kuching (Hepo)	呠
Huizhou	Jixi	也
Jin	Taiyuan	也
Northern Min	Jian'ou	也
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	也
Southern Min	Xiamen	也, 嘛
	Quanzhou	也, 嘛
	Zhangzhou	也, 嘛
	Taipei	也, 嘛
	Penang (Hokkien)	呠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	也, 呠, 嘛
	Manila (Hokkien)	也, 嘛, 閣
	Chaozhou	也
	Shantou	也
	Jieyang	也
	Singapore (Teochew)	呠, 也, 嘛
	Pontianak (Teochew)	也
	Wenchang	也
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	都
Wu	Shanghai	也
	Suzhou	亦
	Wenzhou	也
Xiang	Changsha	也
	Shuangfeng	也

References

• “匣”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

匣

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. box

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げふ (gefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ごう (gō)^{←がふ (gafu, historical)}
• Kun: はこ (hako, 匣)^{←はこ (fako, 匣, historical)}

Compounds

• 匣(さ)鉢(や) (saya)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
匣
はこ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Rare alternative spelling.

For pronunciation and definitions of 匣 – see the following entry.

【箱はこ】3 [noun] [from 720] a box: a container with a lid [noun] [from 1120] (archaic) a chamber pot for feces; (by extension) feces [noun] [from 1771] (archaic) a shamisen case; (by extension) a shamisen; (by extension) a man or other geisha who accompanies a geisha and carries their shamisen case [noun] (slang) small ライブハウス (raibu hausu, “music venue”) [noun] (Internet slang) Xbox Alternative spellings 函, 筥, 筐, 篋

(This term, 匣, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [갑]

Hanja

Wikisource

匣 (eum 갑 (gap))

1. small box, case
2. coffer

Vietnamese

Han character

匣: Hán Nôm readings: hạp, hộp, háp, tráp

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