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冂

jiōng

large room

Pictograph of a large room. Original form of 堂.

Evolution

冂 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
冂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

冂  

jiōng

wide; KangXi radical 13; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用, 同, 网 etc; see also 同字框[tóng​zì​kuàng]

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

繭 冋

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

尚 冋

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

內 内 尚

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+5182

Shuowen

“冂，邑外謂之郊，郊外謂之野，野外謂之林，林外謂之冂，象遠界也。冋，古文冂。从囗，象國邑。坰，冋或从土。”


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