凵

See also: ㄩ

凵	U+51F5, 凵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-51F5

← 凴
[U+51F4]

CJK Unified Ideographs

凶 →
[U+51F6]

⼐	U+2F10, ⼐ KANGXI RADICAL OPEN BOX

← ⼏
[U+2F0F]

Kangxi Radicals

⼑ →
[U+2F11]

凵	U+2F81D, 凵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F81D

← 𩇟
[U+2F81C]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

刃 →
[U+2F81E]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

凵 (Kangxi radical 17, 凵+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女中 (VL) or 難女中 (XVL), four-corner 2277₀, composition ⿰𠃊丨)

Kangxi radical #17, ⼐.
Shuowen Jiezi radical №23

Derived terms

Appendix:Chinese radical/凵
㧄, 𡗖, 𡰮, 𡴳, 𡉆, 㚎, 𭖛, 𡨑, 山, 𬼈, 𠙻, 𰢵, 𨊥, 屮, 𡳾, 𫧋, 齒(歯,齿), 𠶑, 襾, 㐪

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 134, character 39
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1800
Dae Jaweon: page 300, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 306, character 15
Unihan data for U+51F5

Unihan data for U+2F81D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		凵

Glyph origin

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

Small seal script s01079 s03628 Transcribed ancient scripts L18641
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形): a cave

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 凵 – see 坎 (“pit; hole; bank or ridge between fields; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 坎).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiǎn (qian³)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciǎn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien³
  - Yale: chyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chean
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn²¹⁴/

Middle Chinese: khjomX

Rime
Character	凵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	凡 (146)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丘犯切
Baxter	khjomX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨɐm^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰiɐm^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiɐm^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuam^X/
Li Rong	/kʰiɐm^X/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐm^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐm^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kuǎn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faam²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰomʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	凵	凵
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7353	10263
Phonetic component
Rime group	談	談
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰomʔ/	/*kʰomʔ/

Definitions

凵

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to open one's mouth

Japanese

Kanji

凵

(Hyōgai kanji)

“box” radical (凵繞, kannyō)

Readings

Go-on: こん (kon)^{←こん (kon, historical)}^{←こむ (komu, ancient)}
Kan-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
Kan’yō-on: かん (kan)

Compounds

凵(かん)構(がま)え (kan-gamae)
凵(かん)繞(にょう) (kannyō)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
凵
うけばこ Hyōgai

For pronunciation and definitions of 凵 – see the following entry.

【うけばこ】

[noun] the kanji component 凵

(This term, 凵, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

凵 (eumhun 입 벌릴 경 (ip beollil gyeong))

open one's mouth

References

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

Vietnamese

Han character

凵: Hán Việt readings: khảm (苦(khổ)感(cảm)切(thiết))^[1]^[2]^[3]

chữ Hán form of khảm
1. receptacle; an open aperture
2. Kangxi radical 17—‘receptacle’

References

^ Trần (2004).
^ Bonet (1899).
^ Génibrel (1898).