Radical 13

{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}

{{Kangxi Radical Infobox|13|uni=5182

|meaning= wide

|pny= jiōng

|bopo= ㄐㄩㄥ

|gr= jiong

|wade= chiung1

|jyutping= gwing1

|yale= gwing2

|poj= keng

|cn=同字框 tóngzìkuàng

|onyomi= ケイ kē

|jp= 冏構/けいがまえ kēgamae
牧構/まきがまえ makigamae
同構/どうがまえ dōgamae
円構/えんがまえ engamae

|hang= 멀 meol

|hanja= 경 gyeong

|hanviet= quynh

}}

Radical 13 or radical down box ({{Lang|zh-Hant|冂部}}), meaning upside-down box or wide, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 50 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

{{Lang|zh-Hans|冂}} is also the 10th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

File:冂-bronze.svg|Bronze script character

File:冂-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character

File:冂-seal.svg|Small seal script character

Derived characters

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! Strokes !! Characters

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style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冂}}
+2style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冃}} {{Linktext|冄}} (=冉) {{Linktext|内}}SC/JP (={{Linktext|內}} -> ) {{Linktext|円}}JP (={{Linktext|圓}} -> ) {{Linktext|冇}} {{Linktext|冈}} (SC form of {{Linktext|岡}} -> / ancient variant of {{Linktext|网}} -> )
+3style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冉}} {{Linktext|冊}}TC/JP/KO variant {{Linktext|冋}} {{Linktext|册}}SC variant (=冊) {{Linktext|囘}} (={{Linktext|回}} -> )
+4style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|再}} {{Linktext|冎}}
+5style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冏}}
+6style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冐}}
+7style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冑}} {{Linktext|冒}}
+8style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冓}} {{Linktext|冔}}
+9style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冕}}

Literature

  • {{cite book|last= Fazzioli |first= Edoardo |others= calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko |title= Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters |year= 1987 |publisher= Abbeville Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-89659-774-1 }}
  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, {{ISBN|978-7-5619-0204-2}}
  • KangXi: [http://www.kangxizidian.com/kangxi/0128.gif page 128], character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1506
  • Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 96, character 13