匼

匼 U+533C, 匼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533C ← 医 [U+533B] CJK Unified Ideographs 匽 → [U+533D]

Translingual

Han character

匼 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+6, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 尸人一口 (SOMR), four-corner 7171₆, composition ⿷匚合)

Derived characters

• 𠵏 𫽆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2683
• Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 85, character 14
• Unihan data for U+533C

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		匼
simp. #		匼
alternative forms		𢈈 匌 鉿／铪 蓋／盖 "to cover"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kē, ǎn (ke¹, an³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ, ㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hap¹ / am²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khap / kap

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kab⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kē
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ke
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
    • Yale: kē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
    • Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ǎn
    • Wade–Giles: an³
    • Yale: ǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
    • Palladius: ань (anʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hap¹ / am²
    • Yale: hāp / ám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁷ / am²
    • Guangdong Romanization: heb¹ / em²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚⁵/, /ɐm³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khap
    • Tâi-lô: khap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qab
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
    • Tâi-lô: kap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kab
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kap̚³²/

Note:

• khap - vernacular;
• kap - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: kab⁴
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khap
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰap̚²/

Definitions

匼

1. used in 匼匝 (kēzā)
2. used in 阿匼 (ēkē)
3. (Southern Min) to cover downwards

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蓋 (“to cover; to conceal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蓋
	Taiwan	蓋
	Singapore	蓋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蓋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蓋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓋, 㝩
	Wuhan	蓋, 㝩, 垛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蓋
	Hefei	蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓋, 冚, 扱
	Hong Kong	冚, 扱
	Yangjiang	扱
Gan	Nanchang	蓋, 㔶, 盍
Hakka	Meixian	蓋, 弇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	揜
Jin	Taiyuan	蓋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	㔶𱔴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	㔶, 㪠
Southern Min	Xiamen	崁
	Quanzhou	崁
	Zhangzhou	崁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	崁
	Manila (Hokkien)	崁
	Chaozhou	蓋, 崁
	Shantou	蓋
	Jieyang	蓋, 崁
Wu	Suzhou	蓋
	Wenzhou	㔶, 蓋
Xiang	Changsha	蓋
	Shuangfeng	蓋, 㔶

Derived terms

• 匼杯
• 匼槽
• 匼模
• 匼跤
• 撚匼笑

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹
    • Yale: ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: o¹
    • Yale: ō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

匼

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): áⁿ / âⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ánn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: var
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ã⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Zhangzhou): /ã⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: ânn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vaa
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ã²⁴/

Definitions

匼

1. (Hokkien) to side; to take sides (with someone)
2. (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to bring something closer to oneself

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 匼 – see 帢 (“hat, cap”). (This character is a variant form of 帢).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 匼 – see 區 (“area; district; region; ward; administrative division; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 區).

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 73
• “匼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

匼

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. enclosed in something that goes round and round
2. flattering
3. hood

Readings

• On (unclassified): あん (an)、おん (on)、こう (kō)
• Kun: こびへつらう (kobihetsurau, 匼う)、めぐる (meguru, 匼る)、めぐるさま (megurusama)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠p̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [압]

Hanja

匼 • (ap) (hangeul 압, revised ap, McCune–Reischauer ap)

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