屮

See also: ψ, ѱ, Ψ, Ѱ, 𐌙, ⋔, and ₼

屮 U+5C6E, 屮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C6E ← 屭 [U+5C6D] CJK Unified Ideographs 屯 → [U+5C6F]

⼬ U+2F2C, ⼬ KANGXI RADICAL SPROUT ← ⼫ [U+2F2B] Kangxi Radicals ⼭ → [U+2F2D]

屮 U+FA3C, 屮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3C ← 層 [U+FA3B] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 悔 → [U+FA3D]

屮 U+2F878, 屮 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F878 ← 屠 [U+2F877] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 峀 → [U+2F879]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

屮 (Kangxi radical 45, 屮+0, 3 strokes, Cangjie input 山中 (UL), four-corner 2240₇, composition ⿻凵丨(GHTK) or ⿻凵丿(J))

1. Kangxi radical #45, ⼬.
2. Shuowen Jiezi radical number 11.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/屮
• 艸, 芔, 茻, 出, 𠨲, 𠬢, 妛, 𧯛, 𡸓, 𡹍, 雟, 芻, 㪿, 𨕬, 㞷
• 卉, 每, 毒, 熏, 省, 壴, 舍, 奏, 妻, 离

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7826
• Dae Jaweon: page 603, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1021, character 3
• Unihan data for U+5C6E

• Unihan data for U+FA3C

• Unihan data for U+2F878

Chinese

simp. and trad.		屮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 屮
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology 1 and 2

Pictogram (象形): A sprouting plant. Both glyphs ⿻凵丨 and ⿻凵丿 are used, where the former is standard. Compare 屯 and 艸.

Etymology 3

See 䶹 and its evolution 𠂇.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chè (che⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cit³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhe̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê⁴
    • Yale: chè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
    • Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cit³
    • Yale: chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhe̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: ced
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ced⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰet̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat
    • Tâi-lô: thiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiad
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛt̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjet

Rime
Character	屮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	薛 (83)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑列切
Baxter	trhjet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiat̚/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	che
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cit3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰad/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	屮
Reading #	1/1
No.	1316
Phonetic component	屮
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	屮
Old Chinese	/*tʰad/

Definitions

屮

1. new birth of plant
2. left hand

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 草 (“herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 草).

Etymology 3

This section refers to the ⿻凵丿 glyph only.

For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 左 (“left; below; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 左).

Japanese

Kanji

屮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. left hand
2. old grass radical (no. 45)

Readings

• Kan-on: てつ (tetsu)、そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: さ (sa)
• Kun: ひだり (hidari)、ひだりて (hidarite)、め (me)、めばえ (mebae)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 왼손 좌 (oenson jwa))

1. hanja form^? of 좌 (“left hand”)

Etymology 2

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 싹날 철 (ssangnal cheol))

1. hanja form^? of 철 (“to sprout”)

Etymology 3

Hanja

屮 (eumhun 풀 초 (pul cho))

1. hanja form^? of 초 (“old grass radical (no. 45)”)

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary

Vietnamese

Han character

屮: Hán Nôm readings: triệt

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