jiōng

large room

Pictograph of a large room. Original form of .

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

 

jiōng

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

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

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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