Radical 17
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Radical 17 or radical open box (凵部) is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
Quick Facts 凵, Pronunciations ...
凵 | ||||
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凵 (U+51F5) "receptacle" | ||||
Pronunciations | ||||
Pinyin: | kǎn | |||
Bopomofo: | ㄎㄢˇ | |||
Wade–Giles: | kʻan3 | |||
Cantonese Yale: | hom1 | |||
Jyutping: | ham3 | |||
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | khám | |||
Japanese Kana: | カン kan (on'yomi) | |||
Sino-Korean: | 감 gam | |||
Names | ||||
Chinese name(s): | 凶字框 xiōngzìkuàng 下三框 xiàsānkuāng | |||
Japanese name(s): | 凵繞/かんにょう kannyō 受け箱/うけばこ ukebako 下箱/したばこ shitabako 函構/かんがまえ kangamae | |||
Hangul: | 입벌릴 ip beolril | |||
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凵 is also the 20th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
As for the similar radicals 22 匚 and 13 冂, the name of radical 17 is purely descriptive of its shape, 下三框 "lower three-sided frame".