匼

Translingual

Han character

匼 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸人一口 (SOMR), four-corner 7171₆, composition ⿷匚合)

Derived characters

𠵏𫽆

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 7
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2683
Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 19
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 85, character 14
Unihan data for U+533C

Chinese

trad.		匼
simp. ^#		匼
alternative forms		𢈈匌鉿／铪蓋／盖 "to cover"

Etymology 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kē, ǎn (ke¹, an³)

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ, ㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hap¹ / am²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khap / kap

(Teochew, Peng'im): kab⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kē
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ke
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo¹
  - Yale: kē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
  - Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ǎn
  - Wade–Giles: an³
  - Yale: ǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
  - Palladius: ань (anʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hap¹ / am²
  - Yale: hāp / ám
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hap⁷ / am²
  - Guangdong Romanization: heb¹ / em²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐp̚⁵/, /ɐm³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khap
  - Tâi-lô: khap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qab
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰap̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
  - Tâi-lô: kap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kab
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kap̚³²/

Note:

khap - vernacular;
kap - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: kab⁴
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khap
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰap̚²/

Definitions

匼

Used in 匼匝 (kēzā).
Used in 阿匼 (ēkē).
(Southern Min) to cover downwards

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蓋 (“to cover; to conceal”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蓋
	Taiwan	蓋
	Singapore	蓋
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	蓋
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	蓋
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓋, 㝩
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	蓋, 㝩, 垛
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蓋
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	蓋
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓋, 冚, 扱
	Hong Kong	冚, 扱
	Yangjiang	扱
Gan	Nanchang	蓋, 㔶, 盍
Hakka	Meixian	蓋, 弇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	弇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	弇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	弇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	弇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	揜
Jin	Taiyuan	蓋
Northern Min	Jian'ou	㔶𱔴
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	㔶, 㪠
Southern Min	Xiamen	崁
	Quanzhou	崁
	Zhangzhou	崁
	Singapore (Hokkien)	崁
	Manila (Hokkien)	崁
	Chaozhou	蓋, 崁
	Shantou	蓋
	Jieyang	蓋, 崁
Wu	Suzhou	蓋
Wu	Wenzhou	㔶, 蓋
Xiang	Changsha	蓋
Xiang	Shuangfeng	蓋, 㔶

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ou
  - Wade–Giles: ou¹
  - Yale: ōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
  - Palladius: оу (ou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: o¹
  - Yale: ō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: o¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: o¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

匼

a surname

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 匼 – see 帢 (“hat, cap”). (This character is a variant form of 帢).

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 匼 – see 區 (“area; district; region; ward; administrative division; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 區).

References

Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 73
“匼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

匼

(Hyōgai kanji)

enclosed in something that goes round and round
flattering
hood

Readings

On (unclassified): あん (an)、おん (on)、こう (kō)
Kun: こびへつらう (kobihetsurau, 匼う)、めぐる (meguru, 匼る)、めぐるさま (megurusama)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠p̚]
Phonetic hangul: [압]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

匼

Wikisource

匼 • (ap) (hangeul 압, revised ap, McCune–Reischauer ap)

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