CHINESE SCRIPT

CHINESE CHARACTER FORMATION & ETYMOLOGY

 

 

冂

 

 

2 strokes ( 冂 )

ㄐㄩㄥ1 (jüong1)

jiōng

 

冂 = wide => pictographic representation of a square with a wide opening at the bottom (radical 13); its meaning is similar to 广 (radical 53)

related: 北 , 肉

 

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