冂

冂 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 中尸 (LS) or 難中尸 (XLS), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿰丨𠃌)

1. Kangxi radical #13, ⼌.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/冂
• 𭕔, 𥫚, 𧘉, 𪔃, 巾, 內, 禸, 朿, 囘, 䍏, 同, 𦉳, 网, 罔, 𦉰, 而, 兩(两/両), 南, 㒳, 繭, 丽, 𢫏, 制

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 128, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1506
• Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 96, character 13
• Unihan data for U+5182

According to Shuowen Jiezi, pictogram composed by three lines that represent a territory outside the city walls and its nearby villages and greenfields, a territory that belongs to the incontaminated countryside, distant from every kind of civilization.

As an alternative, it's the original form of 堂, hence it's the profile of a building. The reversed character is 凵.

Correct pronunciation in Early Middle Chinese, according to the fanqie 古熒切 and the later spelling 涓熒切, can be reconstructed as *kweng.

冂

1. (obsolete) city outskirts; suburbs

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. 冏構え (kei-gamae): the "upside down box" or "wide" radical
2. 同構え (dō-gamae): the "same" radical

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)←くゐやう (kwiyau, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei)^{←けい (kei, historical)←くゑい (kwei, ancient)}

• 冂構(けいがま)え (kei-gamae)

冂 (eumhun 멀 경 (meol gyeong))

1. remote

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

冂: Hán Nôm readings: quynh

1. chữ Hán form of quynh (“Kangxi radical 13—‘wide’”)

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