字の旅3,000 years in three forms
Bronze · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE戈爵 (商代晚期)
Bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Structures & Home
冂
冂 borders, down box
けいがまえ keigamae
2 strokesRadical of 4 kanjiPart of 13
Your ink in 冂0% painted · 0 of 4 familiar
Origin · sourced
According to Shuowen Jiezi, pictogram composed by three lines that represent a territory outside the city walls and its nearby villages and green fields, a territory that belongs to the uncontaminated countryside, distant from every kind of civilization.
Source: Wiktionary, 冂 (rev. 87284069), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Keep it within the borders! This radical represents the lines that separate what is "inside" from what is "outside." When you see it wrapping around a character, think of limits, town borders, and the defined areas where life and community happen. It brings a sense of structure, containment, and geographical definition to any character it joins.”
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 冂, with sourced origins
- 内insideナイ · うち
入 + 冂
Simplified from 內. Ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 入 (“to enter”) + semantic 冂 (“house”).
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Every kanji with 冂 as its radical
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