匸

See also: 匚, ㄈ, ㄷ, and 冖

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TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

Han characterEdit

匸 (radical 23 匸+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女 (MV) or X一女 (XMV))

1. box
2. Kangxi radical #23, ⼖ ‎(“hiding enclosure”).

ReferencesEdit

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

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		匸

Glyph originEdit

Historical forms of the character 匸
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai², hai⁵, wai⁵
    • Yale: hái, háih, wáih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai², hai⁵, wai⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯³⁵/, /hɐi̯¹³/, /wɐi̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³
    • IPA: /hi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē
    • Tâi-lô: hē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: he
    • IPA (Taipei): /he³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /hei^X/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/heiX/
Pan Wuyun	/heiX/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛjX/
Li Rong	/xeiX/
Wang Li	/xieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ

• 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/

DefinitionsEdit

匸

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

ReferencesEdit

• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)
• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

匸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. enclosure

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: げ (ge)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)

Usage notesEdit

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).

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

匸 • ‎(hye) (hangeul 혜, revised hye, McCune-Reischauer hye)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

匸 (phương)

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ReferencesEdit

• Nom Foundation