| 凵 | ||
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| 凵 (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 | |
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Radical 17 or radical open box (凵部) is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
凵 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 匚 and 13 冂, the name of radical 17 is purely descriptive of its shape, 下三框 "lower three-sided frame".