覄

覄 U+8984, 覄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8984 ← 覃 [U+8983] CJK Unified Ideographs 覅 → [U+8985]

Translingual

Han character

覄 (Kangxi radical 146, 襾+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 一田人戈大 (MWOIK), composition ⿱覀伏)

1. ancient variant of 覆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1128, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2807, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8984
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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 襾 + phonetic 伏 (OC *bɯɡs, *bɯɡ).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 覄 – see 覆 (“to cover; to tip over; to overturn; to flip over; etc.”). (This character is the former (1935–1936) ROC simplified, former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified, and variant form of 覆).

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