壸

壸 · kǔn

palace corridor or passageway

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
kǔn
Cantonese
kwan2
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

palace corridor or passageway

Dictionary definitions & readings

壸 kǔn · palace corridor; fig. women's quarters; women

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Readings & dictionary references

XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0664.130:kǔn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
204.150:kǔn Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
XGBMC Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4010.2 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0243.091 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+58F8
Radical
士 · 33
Strokes
11
Residual strokes
8
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7117

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Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

壼

Unihan variant assertions; context determines usage.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
10458.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10458.060
kIRGKangXi
0243.091
kKangXi
0243.091
kSMSZD2003Index
143.11
kCangjie
XGBMC
kFourCornerCode
4010.2
kPhonetic
2*
kUnihanCore2020
G
kIRG_GSource
G8-7A5A
kRSUnicode
33.8
kTotalStrokes
11
kCCCII
27786C
kGB8
9058
kMainlandTelegraph
1109
kTGH
2013:7117
kCantonese
kwan2
kDefinition
palace corridor or passageway
kJapaneseKun
HEYANOTSURO OKU
kJapaneseOn
KON
kMandarin
kǔn
kTGHZ2013
204.150:kǔn
kXHC1983
0664.130:kǔn
kTraditionalVariant
U+58FC

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 壸0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
(士 above 冖) above 亚 · the shape used in China
Source notation ^⿱⿱士冖亚$(G)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱⿱士冖亚$(G)

^⿱⿳士冖一业$(X)

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