厶

See also 私, ム, and ㇺ

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Multiple origins. One form is a descendant of 已; another is a pictograph of a bent arm, which later evolved into 厷; another is a pictograph of a cocoon, which eventually became 私. Also occurs as a corruption of 口, as in 勾, from 句

厶	厶	厶
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

厶 (radical 28 厶+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女戈 (VI), X女戈 (XVI), four-corner 2073₀)

1. private, secret
2. KangXi radical 28

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/厶
• 勾 (from 句) (as corruption of 口)

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

厶 (jyutping mau5, si1, Yale si1)

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Japanese

Kanji

厶 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi), ぼう (bō), む (mu)
• Kun: ござる (gozaru)

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Korean

Hanja

厶 (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

厶 (pinyin sī (si1), mǒu (mou3), Wade-Giles ssu¹)

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Vietnamese

厶(bi' ma.t)

Han character

厶 (khư)