Chinese Character Wiki
厶

sī, mǒu

private, selfish

A small circle depicting personal space or things revolving around oneself. Original form of 私.

Evolution

厶 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
厶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
厶 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

厶  

sī

private, secret; KangXi radical 28; old variant of 私[sī]

厶  

mǒu

old variant of 某[mǒu]

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (1 verified)

私 晉 篡 叁

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

私 払

Iconic component in 1 character (0 verified)

弁

Distinguishing component in 1 character (1 verified)

鬼

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+53B6

Shuowen

“厶，姦衺也。韓非曰：‘蒼頡作字，自營為厶。’”


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