覀

See also: 西

覀 U+8980, 覀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8980 ← 西 [U+897F] CJK Unified Ideographs 要 → [U+8981]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

覀 (radical 146, 襾+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一中中田 (MLLW), composition ⿱一⿻口⿰丨丨)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1128, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2805, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8980

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Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
賈	*kraːʔ, *kraːs, *klaːʔ
檟	*kraːʔ
價	*kraːs
覀	*qʰraːʔ
襾	*qraːs

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 覀 – see 西 (“west; western; Xi”). (This character, 覀, is a variant form of 西.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 覀 – see 襾 (“cover”). (This character, 覀, is a variant form of 襾.)

Usage notes

Radical or radical-like forms; used in complex characters.

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Japanese

Kanji

覀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): あ (a); え (e); か (ka); け (ke)