夂

See also: 攵 and 夊

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

夂 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹水 (HE) or 難竹水 (XHE), four-corner 2740₀, composition ⿻𠂊乀)

1. Kangxi radical #34, ⼡.

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/夂
• 冬, 务, 各, 𪢶, 𢁙, 㣊, 𢩸, 𣅈, 条, 𤰅, 𧈸, 𮗺, 𥇠, 𧍸

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5691
• Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5902

Usage notes

This character is usually written as the top component of a character such as in 冬, 各, 㣊, 夅, 夆, 备 or as a side component in 处, 処 and is not to be confused with 夊 which is often written as the bottom component of a character or 攵 which is often written as the right component of a character.

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		夂

Glyph origin

Etymology 1

Historical forms of the character 夂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Shuowen: Ideogram (指事) – two legs (𠂊) followed by something from behind (㇏) – to approach from behind.

Etymology 2

Pictogram (象形) – the knot at the end of a cord.

Etymology 3

See 夊 (suī).

Etymology 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 夂

1. ^† to approach from behind

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 終 (“end; ending; termination; to come to an end; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 終).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 夊 (“of going, slow”). (This character is a variant form of 夊).

Usage notes

As a component of other characters, 夂 can be referred to as 折文兒／折文儿 or 冬字頭／冬字头.

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Japanese

Kanji

夂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Winter
2. Late
3. Delayed

Readings

• On (unclassified): ち (chi), しゅう (shū), しゅ (shu)
• Kun: おくれる (okureru)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 夂 (truy)

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