冖

See also: 宀, 勹, 匸, and ワ

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

冖 (Kangxi radical 14, 冖+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓 (IN) or 中弓 (LN) or 難難中弓 (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 Dictionary: page 130, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1565
• Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 302, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5196

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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 is an ancient form of 冪).

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Japanese

Kanji

冖

(Radical)

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

Readings

• Go-on: みゃく (myaku)
• Kan-on: べき (beki)
• Kun: おおう (ōu)

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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: Hán Nôm readings: mịch

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References

• Nom Foundation