夂

夂 U+5902, 夂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5902 ← 夁 [U+5901] CJK Unified Ideographs 夃 → [U+5903]

⼡ U+2F21, ⼡ KANGXI RADICAL GO ← ⼠ [U+2F20] Kangxi Radicals ⼢ → [U+2F22]

Stroke order

夂 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹水 (HE) or 難竹水 (XHE), four-corner 2740₀, composition ⿻𠂊㇏)

1. Kangxi radical #34, ⼡.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/夂
• 冬, 务, 各, 𪢶, 𢁙, 㣊, 𢩸, 𣅈, 条, 𤰅, 𧈸, 𮗺, 𥇠, 𧍸

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5691
• Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5902

This character is usually written as the top component of a character such as in 冬, 各, 㣊, 夅, 夆, 备 or as a side component in 处, 処 and is not to be confused with 夊 which is often written as the bottom component of a character or 攵 which is often written as the right component of a character.

simp. and trad.		夂

Etymology 1 and 3

Pictogram (象形) of a footprint pointing down. See 夊 (suī), which represents a variant of this character. Shuowen: Ideogram (指事) – two legs (𠂊) followed by something from behind (㇏) – to approach from behind. However, all Xu Shen's interpretations are not based on oracle bones and Zhou bronzes.

Unrelated to 冬, in which the top component represents a rope with a knot on top (today 終). Also unrelated to 散 despite it means "to walk".

Etymology 2

Pictogram (象形) – the knot at the end of a rope; ancient form of 終 ("[to] end").

夂

1. ^† to approach from behind

For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 終 (“end; ending; termination; to come to an end; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 終).

For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 夊 (“of going, slow”). (This character is a variant form of 夊).

As a component of other characters, 夂 can be referred to as 折文兒／折文儿 or 冬字頭／冬字头.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Winter
2. Late
3. Delayed

• On (unclassified): ち (chi)、しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)
• Kun: おくれる (okureru)

夂: Hán Nôm readings: truy

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