冋

See also: 向, 同, and 回

冋 U+518B, 冋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-518B ← 冊 [U+518A] CJK Unified Ideographs 册 → [U+518C]

Translingual

Han character

冋 (Kangxi radical 13, 冂+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月口 (BR), composition ⿵冂口)

Derived characters

• 𠇶, 𠖷, 坰, 𭑳, 𭛡, 𪫪, 泂, 迥, 𭥤, 𣐒, 炯, 㺾, 𥑎, 絅(䌹), 詗(诇), 𧺸, 𨥽, 𢄗, 𩚱, 駉(𬳶), 𪕍
• 𮟱, 𭟳, 𠡋, 𬗶, 𡶝, 苘, 𣅻, 𭿷, 𫁋, 高, 𠳮, 髙, 䯧, 喬, 𠨄, 𥦮, 𠕧, 𩫌, 𤍔, 𰈳, 𢇺, 㢠, 扃, 𨴀
• 𨻠, 𨻛, 𮞜, 𫞎, 𣘺, 𫞏, 𫘍, 𩤬, 𫋊, 𤏕, 𩕴, 𬴛, 𥭩, 𡒼

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 129, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1517
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 99, character 7
• Unihan data for U+518B

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 冋
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (冋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
苘	*kʰʷeŋʔ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
詗	*qʰʷeŋs, *qʰʷeːŋʔ
駉	*kʷeːŋ
坰	*kʷeːŋ
冋	*kʷeːŋ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
絅	*kʷeːŋ, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
扃	*kʷeːŋ
炯	*kʷeːŋʔ, *ɡʷeːŋʔ
迥	*ɡʷeːŋʔ
泂	*ɡʷeːŋʔ

An ancient variant of 冂, with a mouth 口 inside the character. Compare 向 and its derivative 尚. Unrelated to 高.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 冋 – see 坰. (This character is an ancient form of 坰).

Japanese

Kanji

冋

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): けい (kei)、きょう (kyō)
• Kun: えながまえ (enagamae)、どうがまえ (dōgamae)、けいがまえ (keigamae)

Korean

Hanja

冋 (eum 경 (gyeong))

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