屮

See also: ψ, ѱ, Ψ, Ѱ, 𐌙, ⋔, and ₼

屮	U+5C6E, 屮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C6E

← 屭
[U+5C6D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

屯 →
[U+5C6F]

⼬	U+2F2C, ⼬ KANGXI RADICAL SPROUT

← ⼫
[U+2F2B]

Kangxi Radicals

⼭ →
[U+2F2D]

屮	U+FA3C, 屮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3C

← 層
[U+FA3B]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

悔 →
[U+FA3D]

屮	U+2F878, 屮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F878

← 屠
[U+2F877]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

峀 →
[U+2F879]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

屮 (Kangxi radical 45, 屮+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 山中 (UL), four-corner 2240₇, composition ⿻凵丨(GHTK) or ⿻凵丿(J))

Kangxi radical #45, ⼬.
Shuowen Jiezi radical №11

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/屮
艸, 芔, 茻, 出, 𠨲, 𠬢, 妛, 𧯛, 𡸓, 𡹍, 雟, 芻, 㪿, 𨕬, 㞷
卉, 每, 毒, 熏, 省, 壴, 舍, 奏, 妻, 离

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7826
Dae Jaweon: page 603, character 4
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1021, character 3
Unihan data for U+5C6E

Unihan data for U+FA3C

Unihan data for U+2F878

Chinese

simp. and trad.		屮

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1 and 2: Pictogram (象形): A sprouting plant. Both glyph ⿻凵丨 and ⿻凵丿 are used, where the former is standard. Compare 屯 and 艸.
Etymology 3: See 䶹 and its evolution 𠂇.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chè (che⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhe̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chè
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻê⁴
  - Yale: chè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
  - Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cit³
  - Yale: chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: qid³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhe̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: ced
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ced⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰet̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat
  - Tâi-lô: thiat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛt̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛt̚³²/

Middle Chinese: trhjet

Rime
Character	屮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑列切
Baxter	trhjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiat̚/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	che
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cit³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屮
Reading #	1/1
No.	1316
Phonetic component
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tʰad/

Definitions

屮

new birth of plant
left hand

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 草 (“herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 草).

Etymology 3

This section refers to ⿻凵丿 glyph only.

For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 左 (“left; east; areas to the east; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 左).

Japanese

Kanji

屮

(Hyōgai kanji)

left hand
old grass radical (no. 45)

Readings

Kan-on: てつ (tetsu)、そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
Kan’yō-on: さ (sa)
Kun: ひだり (hidari)、ひだりて (hidarite)、め (me)、めばえ (mebae)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 왼손 좌 (oenson jwa))

hanja form^? of 좌 (“left hand”)

Etymology 2

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 싹날 철 (ssangnal cheol))

hanja form^? of 철 (“to sprout”)

Etymology 3

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 풀 초 (pul cho))

hanja form^? of 초 (“old grass radical (no. 45)”)

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary

Vietnamese

Han character

屮: Hán Nôm readings: triệt

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