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

Stroke order

Han character

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

Appendix:Chinese radical/匸
𬼖, 𠔄, 𠍾

References

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

simp. and trad.		匸

Glyph origin

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

A graphic sign 𠃊 to symbolize something that hides something or someone.

Pronunciation

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hí
  - Hakka Romanization System: hi^ˋ
  - 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/
Bernhard 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
Rime group	支
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	徯
Old Chinese	/*ɡeːʔ/

Definitions

匸

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

Japanese

Kanji

匸

(Hyōgai kanji)

enclosure

Readings

Go-on: げ (ge)
Kan-on: けい (kei)

Usage notes

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

Hanja

匸 (eumhun 감출 혜 (gamchul hye))

hide

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

匸: Hán Nôm readings: hệ

chữ Hán form of hệ (“Kangxi radical 23—‘hiding enclosure’”)

References

Hán-Việt Từ Điển Trích Dẫn