冂 (jiōng) - Radical for down-box or border & archaic form meaning outskirts, borderland, or wild country.

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jiōng ｜ 2 strokes ｜ radical: 冂

傑君

冂 · jiōng

Radical for down-box or border;

archaic form meaning outskirts, borderland, or wild country.

Radical for down-box or borderarchaic form meaning outskirts, borderland, or wild country.

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Radical 冂DownOutskirts meaning
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Usage & contexts

Examples

  • This radical appears in many characters (冂 radical).
  • The character 冂 is rarely used alone in modern Chinese.
  • In ancient texts, 冂 meant outskirts (郊冂).

Collocations

  • Radical 冂(冂部)
  • Down-box radical(下框部首)
  • Outskirts meaning(郊冂之意)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • One of the 214 Kangxi radicals, classified as radical #13.
  • Originally depicted a border or boundary in oracle bone script.
  • Now primarily functions as a semantic component in characters related to boundaries or enclosures.

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