凵

See also: ㄩ

凵 U+51F5, 凵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51F5 ← 凴 [U+51F4] CJK Unified Ideographs 凶 → [U+51F6]

⼐ U+2F10, ⼐ KANGXI RADICAL OPEN BOX ← ⼏ [U+2F0F] Kangxi Radicals ⼑ → [U+2F11]

凵 U+2F81D, 凵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F81D ← 𩇟 [U+2F81C] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 刃 → [U+2F81E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

凵 (Kangxi radical 17, 凵+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女中 (VL) or 難女中 (XVL), four-corner 2277₀, composition ⿰𠃊丨)

1. Kangxi radical #17, ⼐.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №23

Derived terms

• Appendix:Chinese radical/凵
• 㧄, 𡗖, 𡰮, 𡴳, 𡉆, 㚎, 𭖛, 𡨑, 山, 𬼈, 𠙻, 𰢵, 𨊥, 屮, 𡳾, 𫧋, 齒(歯,齿), 𠶑, 襾, 㐪

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1800
• Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 306, character 15
• Unihan data for U+51F5

• Unihan data for U+2F81D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		凵

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 凵
Shang	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s01079 s03628 Transcribed ancient scripts L18641
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) : a cave

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 凵 – see 坎 (“pit; hole; bank or ridge between fields; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 坎).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien³
    • Yale: chyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: khjomX

Rime
Character	凵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	凡 (146)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘犯切
Baxter	khjomX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨɐmX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɐmX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɐmX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuamX/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐmX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐmX/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐmX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faam2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰomʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	凵	凵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7353	10263
Phonetic component	凵	凵
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	凵	凵
Old Chinese	/*kʰomʔ/	/*kʰomʔ/

Definitions

凵

1. ^† to open one's mouth

Japanese

Kanji

凵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. “box” radical (凵繞, kannyō)

Readings

• Go-on: こん (kon)^{←こん (kon, historical)←こむ (komu, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
• Kan’yō-on: かん (kan)

Compounds

• 凵(かん)構(がま)え (kan-gamae)
• 凵(かん)繞(にょう) (kannyō)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
凵
うけばこ Hyōgaiji

For pronunciation and definitions of 凵 – see the following entry.

【うけばこ】 [noun] 凵: the kanji component 凵

(This term, 凵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

凵 (eumhun 입 벌릴 경 (ip beollil gyeong))

1. open one's mouth

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

凵: Hán Việt readings: khảm (苦(khổ)感(cảm)切(thiết))

1. chữ Hán form of khảm (“receptacle; an open aperture”).