厶

See also: マ, ㇺ, ム, ﾑ, ㄙ, and 私

厶 U+53B6, 厶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B6 ← 厵 [U+53B5] CJK Unified Ideographs 厷 → [U+53B7]

⼛ U+2F1B, ⼛ KANGXI RADICAL PRIVATE ← ⼚ [U+2F1A] Kangxi Radicals ⼜ → [U+2F1C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

厶 (Kangxi radical 28, 厶+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女戈 (VI) or 難女戈 (XVI), four-corner 2073₀, composition ⿰𠃋丶)

1. Kangxi radical #28, ⼛.

Descendants

• ㄙ

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/厶
• 仏, 弘, 払, 㺨, 私, 畆, 允, 台, 弁, 牟, 䏍, 矣, 貟(贠), 畚, 奙, 貵, 軬
• 么, 幺, 云, 公, 丟(丢), 㿝, 镸, 篡, 勾, 広, 瓜, 禸, 囜, 羗, 鬼, 㦯, 桳, 舝, 䨶, 圗

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠚦, 𫰇, 𭒸, 𡯆, 𭤩, 𦘯, 𬎤, 𤰜, 𬖎, 𫟉, 𧈥, 𦍯
• 𠘭, 𢁔, 𭥎, 𪵨, 𤆃, 𭯇, 𧈧, 𧌦, 𡊄, 𡘞, 𫊲
• 𠬟, 𥫛, 𨿈, 𠘯, 𪞁, 𢏐, 𥿢, 𤴡, 𤔔, 𠩯

Usage notes

Similar strokes occur in various Chinese characters, where they often represent a stylized tail, as in 离 (“beast”) and 鬼 (“demon”).

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 163, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3057
• Dae Jaweon: page 371, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 383, character 9
• Unihan data for U+53B6

Chinese

Glyph origin 1

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

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

	Old Chinese
私	*sil
厶	*sil

Ideogram (指事) – revolving around oneself – original character for 私 (“selfish; private”).

According to Han Feizi, which was referenced in Shuowen:

古者蒼頡之作書也，自環者謂之厶 [MSC, trad.]
古者苍颉之作书也，自环者谓之厶 [MSC, simp.]

Gǔzhě Cāngjié zhī zuò shū yě, zì huán zhě wèi zhī sī [Pinyin]

In olden times, when Cangjie invented the system of writing, a self-encircling element was designated as the character for “private”.

Compare 公 (“public”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 私 (“self; personal; private; selfish; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and ancient form of 私).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Glyph origin 2

Simplified from 牟 (elimination of 牛)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 某 (“Hokkien: wife”). (This character is a variant form of 某).

For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 𡚸 (“Eastern Min, Teochew: wife”). (This character is a variant form of 𡚸).

Japanese

Kanji

厶

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. I, myself
2. to be

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、ぼう (bō)、む (mu)
• Kun: わたくし (watakushi, 厶)、ござる (gozaru, 厶る)

Korean

Hanja

厶 • (sasa sa, amu mo) (hangeul 사사 사, 아무 모)

1. any

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

厶: Hán Nôm readings: khư

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References

• Nom Foundation