冖

See also 宀, 勹, and 匸

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形): a cover-cloth.

Later expanded to 冪.

Han character

冖 (radical 14 冖+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓 (IN), 中弓 (LN), XX中弓 (XXLN))

1. cover
2. KangXi radical 冖

Usage notes

In older 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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

冖 (Yale mik6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

冖 (POJ met, Guangdong met⁸ [Hailu])

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary

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Japanese

Kanji

冖 (Radical)

1. "crown" radical (わかんむり, べきかんむり)

Readings

• Go'on: みゃく (myaku)
• Kan'on: べき (beki)
• Kun: おおう (oou)

References

JIS: 514C Kuten: 4944 Shift JIS: 996b EUC-JP: D1CC Frequency: radical Nelson: not listed

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.

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Korean

Hanja

冖 (hangeul 멱, revised myeok, McCune-Reischauer myŏk)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

冖 (pinyin mì (mi4), Wade-Giles mi⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

冖 (mịch)