匸

See also: 匚, ㄈ, ㄷ, and 冖

匸	U+5338, 匸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5338

← 匷
[U+5337]

CJK Unified Ideographs

匹 →
[U+5339]

⼖	U+2F16, ⼖ KANGXI RADICAL HIDING ENCLOSURE

← ⼕
[U+2F15]

Kangxi Radicals

⼗ →
[U+2F17]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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Radical 23 匸

匸 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女 (MV) or 難一女 (XMV), composition ⿱一𠃊(G) or ⿱一㇄(HTJK))

Kangxi radical #23, ⼖.

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Kangxi Dictionary: page 154, character 35
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2672
Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 4
Unihan data for U+5338

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.		匸

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 匸
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xì (xi⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hai², hai⁵, wai⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hí
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hē

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sì
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴
  - Yale: syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shih
  - Palladius: си (si)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hai², hai⁵, wai⁵
  - Yale: hái, háih, wáih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hai², hai⁵, wai⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: hei², hei⁵, wei⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯³⁵/, /hɐi̯¹³/, /wɐi̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hi³
  - Sinological IPA: /hi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hē
  - Tâi-lô: hē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: he
  - IPA (Xiamen): /he²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /he⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /he²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /he³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /he³³/

Middle Chinese: xejX

Rime
Character	匸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	胡禮切
Baxter	xejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hei^X/
Pan Wuyun	/hei^X/
Shao Rongfen	/xɛi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hɛj^X/
Li Rong	/xei^X/
Wang Li	/xiei^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiei^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hai²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡeːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	匸
Reading #	1/1
No.	13424
Phonetic component	匸
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徯
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːʔ/

Definitions[edit]

匸

(obsolete) to cover; to conceal
(Cantonese) Alternative form of 喺

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

匸

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

enclosure

Readings[edit]

Go-on: げ (ge)
Kan-on: けい (kei)

Usage notes[edit]

This character is not used on its own in Japanese. It is only used as a radical in composing other characters. The Japanese name for this radical is かくしがまえ (kakushigamae).

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

匸 (eumhun 감출 혜 (gamchul hye))

hide

References[edit]

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]