See also: , , and
U+56D7, 囗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56D7

[U+56D6]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+56D8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

  • (U+2F1E, Kangxi radical)

Han character

(radical 31, 囗+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 月一 (BM) or XX月一 (XXBM), four-corner 60000, composition)

  1. Kangxi radical #31, .

Usage notes

This character () is used for enclosures. If a square is used within a character, then the character is (mouth) (U+53E3) instead.

Derived characters

  • Index:Chinese radical/囗

References

Wikidata

  • KangXi: page 216, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4675
  • Dae Jaweon: page 439, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 710, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+56D7

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“to surround; to encircle; to corral; all sides; etc.”).
(This character, , is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as an ancient form of .)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“country; nation; nation-state; kingdom; capital; etc.”).
(This character, , is a variant form of .)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. the "country" radical, called  (くに) (がまえ) (kunigamae)

Readings

As a radical and variant kanji for (country):

  • Go-on: こく (koku)
  • Kan-on: こく (koku)
  • Kun: くに (kuni, ); くにがまえ (kunigamae, )くにがまへ (kunigamafe, historical)

As a variant kanji for (to surround/encircle):


Korean

Hanja

(eum (guk))

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Hanja

(eum (wi))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Việt readings: vi[1]

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References

  1. Trần (2004).
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