巛

See also: 巜, 川, ⋘, <<<, ⫷, ⫹, and 𡿦

巛 U+5DDB, 巛 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5DDB ← 巚 [U+5DDA] CJK Unified Ideographs 巜 → [U+5DDC]

⼮ U+2F2E, ⼮ KANGXI RADICAL RIVER ← ⼭ [U+2F2D] Kangxi Radicals ⼯ → [U+2F2F]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

巛 (Kangxi radical 47, 巛+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女女女 (VVV) or 難女女女 (XVVV), composition ⿲𡿨𡿨𡿨)

1. Kangxi radical #47, ⼮.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/巛
• 廵, 巡, 𤰝, 𨊩, 𥻘, 𠚴, 𫰊, 㜽, 𫹱, 𪱵, 𣧄, 𣬡, 𣲂, 災, 甾, 𠚋, 𧥥, 𧴲, 邕, 𩠐, 𩚓, 𥜿, 𩾣, 𠮰, 𥄉, 𨳖, 坙, 舝

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 323, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8669
• Dae Jaweon: page 624, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1097, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5DDB

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 巛
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
川	*kʰjon
釧	*kʰjons
巛	*kʰuːn
巡	*sɢljun
馴	*sɢljun
紃	*sɢljun, *ɢljun
甽	*kljuns, *kʷeːnʔ
順	*ɢljuns
訓	*qʰuns

Pictogram (象形) of water flowing; see 水, 川, and 𡿧. Unrelated to 兪 (> 俞).

Etymology 1

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 巛 – see 川 (“river; stream; brook; Sichuan Province, China; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 川).

Etymology 2

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 巛 – see 鬊 (“.”). (This character is an ancient form of 鬊).

Japanese

Kanji

巛

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. curving river

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen)
• Kun: かわ (kawa)^{←かは (kafa, historical)}

Usage notes

• Referred to as まがりがわ (magarigawa) as a radical.

Vietnamese

Han character

巛: Hán Nôm readings: xuyên, sào

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