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 X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: 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

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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

Pronunciation

• 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)⁺
    • Pinyin: xì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí
    • Hakka Romanization System: hi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hi³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (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: /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
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.

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Japanese

Kanji

匸

(uncommon “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).

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Korean

Hanja

匸 (eum 혜 (hye))

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Vietnamese

Han character

匸: Hán Nôm readings: hệ

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References

• Hán-Việt Từ Điển Trích Dẫn