匸

See also: 匚, ㄈ, ㄷ, and 冖

匸 U+5338, 匸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5338 ← 匷 [U+5337] CJK Unified Ideographs 匹 → [U+5339]

⼖ U+2F16, ⼖ KANGXI RADICAL HIDING ENCLOSURE ← ⼕ [U+2F15] Kangxi Radicals ⼗ → [U+2F17]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

匸 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女 (MV) or 難一女 (XMV), composition ⿱一𠃊(G) or ⿱一㇄(HTJK))

1. Kangxi radical #23, ⼖.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/匸
• 𬼖, 𠔄, 𠍾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 154, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2672
• Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5338

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匸

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匸
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

A graphic sign 𠃊 to symbolize something that hides something or someone.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai² / hai⁵ / wai⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hē

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Palladius: си (si)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hai² / hai⁵ / wai⁵
    • Yale: hái / háih / wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai² / hai⁵ / wai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei² / hei⁵ / wei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯³⁵/, /hɐi̯¹³/, /wɐi̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē
    • Tâi-lô: hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he
    • IPA (Xiamen): /he²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³/

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• Middle Chinese: xejX

Rime
Character	匸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡禮切
Baxter	xejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heiX/
Pan Wuyun	/heiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛjX/
Li Rong	/xeiX/
Wang Li	/xieiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匸
Reading #	1/1
No.	13424
Phonetic component	匸
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徯
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːʔ/

Definitions

匸

1. (obsolete) to cover; to conceal
2. (Cantonese) Alternative form of 喺

Japanese

Kanji

匸

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. enclosure

Readings

• Go-on: げ (ge)
• Kan-on: けい (kei)

Usage notes

This character is not used on its own in Japanese. It is only used as a radical in composing other characters. The Japanese name for this radical is かくしがまえ (kakushigamae).

Korean

Hanja

匸 (eumhun 감출 혜 (gamchul hye))

1. hide

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

匸: Hán Nôm readings: hệ

1. chữ Hán form of hệ (“Kangxi radical 23—‘hiding enclosure’”).

References

• Hán-Việt Từ Điển Trích Dẫn