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

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Radical 47 巛

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

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

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

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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