冖

See also: 宀, 勹, 匸, and ワ
冖 U+5196, 冖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5196
← 冕
[U+5195] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 冗 →
[U+5197]

Translingual
Stroke order

Han character

冖 (radical 14, 冖+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓 (IN) or 中弓 (LN) or XX中弓 (XXLN), four-corner 37000, composition ⿰丿乛)

  1. Kangxi radical #14, ⼍.

Derived characters
  • Index:Chinese radical/冖

Usage notes

In historical forms, often a 3-side enclosure, as in 匸. In modern forms, closer to 宀 without the top stroke (shorter sides).

References
  • KangXi: page 130, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1565
  • Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 302, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5196

Chinese

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 冖
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (冖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
冟 *hmjeɡ
冖 *meːɡ
冪 *meːɡ
羃 *meːɡ
濗 *meːɡ
鼏 *meːɡ

Definitions
For pronunciation and definitions of 冖 – see 冪 (“to cover with cloth; cloth cover; etc.”).
(This character, 冖, is an ancient form of 冪.)

Japanese

Kanji
冖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. "crown" radical (わかんむり (wakanmuri), べきかんむり (bekikanmuri))

Readings

References
  • New Nelson: 398
  • Halpern: 3353
  • Halpern Learners: not listed
  • Heisig: not listed
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2i0.1
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Korean

Hanja

冖 • (myeok)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 멱 (revised: myeok, McCune–Reischauer: myŏk)
    • Name (hangeul): 덮을 (revised: deopeul)
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Vietnamese

Han character

冖 (mịch)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References
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