匚

See also: 匸, ㄈ, ㄷ, and コ

匚 U+531A, 匚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531A ← 匙 [U+5319] CJK Unified Ideographs 匛 → [U+531B]

⼕ U+2F15, ⼕ KANGXI RADICAL RIGHT OPEN BOX ← ⼔ [U+2F14] Kangxi Radicals ⼖ → [U+2F16]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

匚 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女 (MV), four-corner 7171₀, composition ⿱一𠃊)

1. Kangxi radical #22, ⼕.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/匚
• 汇, 叵, 𧈟, 惬, 箧, 䑞

Descendants

• ㄈ

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2595
• Dae Jaweon: page 344, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 3
• Unihan data for U+531A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		匚
alternative forms		𠥓 𠤬

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (匚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
匚	*paŋ
匠	*sbaŋs

Pictogram (象形) of container.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fāng (fang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fông
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fang
    • Wade–Giles: fang¹
    • Yale: fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
    • Palladius: фан (fan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: fong¹
    • Yale: fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
    • Tâi-lô: hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pjang

Rime
Character	匚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	府良切
Baxter	pjang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puaŋ/
Li Rong	/piuaŋ/
Wang Li	/pĭwaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/piwaŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*paŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	匚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fāng
Middle Chinese	‹ pjang ›
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/
English	container, box (Shuōwén)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匚
Reading #	1/1
No.	2984
Phonetic component	匚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	方
Old Chinese	/*paŋ/

Definitions

匚

1. a kind of container

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 匚 – see 放 (“to release; to free; to liberate; to let out; to let go; to launch; to shoot; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 放).

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 匚 – see 方 (“parallel; side by side; parallel boats; raft made of bamboo; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 方).

Japanese

Kanji

匚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. a spoon (後ろ向きコ, Ushiromuki ko; literally "backwards ko")

Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kun: はこ (hako)

Korean

Hanja

匚 (eumhun 상자 방 (sangja bang))

1. box

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

匚: Hán Nôm readings: phương, hệ

1. chữ Hán form of phương (“Kangxi radical 22—‘box’”).

References

• Nôm Foundation