腘

See also: 膕 and 𦛢

腘 U+8158, 腘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8158 ← 腗 [U+8157] CJK Unified Ideographs 腙 → [U+8159]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Due to Han unification, two forms exist for this character:
  • In mainland China, this character consists of 月 (“moon radical”) and 国 (“contains 玉 (“jade”)”).
  • In Taiwan, this character consists of ⺼ (“meat radical”) and 囯 (“contains 王 (“king”)”), which is the same character as 𦛢 (U+266E2).

Han character

腘 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7 in traditional Chinese, 肉+8 in simplified Chinese, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese, 12 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 月田一戈 (BWMI) or 月田一土 (BWMG), four-corner 7620₀, composition ⿰月国(G) or ⿰⺼囯(T))

Related characters

• 膕 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 987, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2087, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8158

Chinese

Glyph 1

This section refers to ⿰月国 glyph.

For pronunciation and definitions of 腘 – see 膕 (“knee pit; popliteal fossa”). (This character is the simplified form of 膕).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Glyph 2

This section refers to ⿰⺼囯 glyph.

For pronunciation and definitions of 腘 – see 膕 (“knee pit; popliteal fossa”). (This character is a variant form of 膕).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B03702-001