Radical 17

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(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
Stroke order animation

Radical 17 or radical open box (凵部) is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

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 and 13 , the name of radical 17 is purely descriptive of its shape, 下三框 "lower three-sided frame".