扂

扂 · diàn

(literary) door latch

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
diàn
Cantonese
dim3
Definition source
CC-CEDICT · CC BY-SA 4.0

(literary) door latch

Dictionary definitions & readings

扂 diàn · (literary) door latch

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
32261.080:diàn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
074.110:diàn Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
テン デン かんぬき とざし Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒玷 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HSYR Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7226.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0416.020 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
335.49 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+6242
Radical
戶 · 63
Strokes
9
Residual strokes
5
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6902

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

9 strokes
扂
Strokes
9
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

9 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
demX · 徒玷 · 咸開四上添定 · #2055

PHONO-ML, source line 12521; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
556.602
kDaeJaweon
0761.020
kHanYu
32261.080
kIRGDaeJaweon
0761.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32261.080
kIRGKangXi
0416.020
kKangXi
0416.020
kMorohashi
11726
kSBGY
335.49
kCangjie
HSYR
kFourCornerCode
7226.1
kMojiJoho
MJ012123
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIRG_GSource
G3-506E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-CED2
kIRG_JSource
J1-3F33
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-4519
kIRG_KSource
K2-3433
kIRG_TSource
T2-2A53
kRSUnicode
63.5
kTotalStrokes
9
kBigFive
CED2
kCCCII
222F76
kCNS1986
2-2A53
kCNS1992
2-2A53
kGB3
4878
kJis1
3119
kTGH
2013:6902
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+21608+63.4.5
kCantonese
dim3
kFanqie
徒玷
kHanyuPinyin
32261.080:diàn
kJapanese
テン デン かんぬき とざし
kJapaneseKun
KANNUKI
kJapaneseOn
TEN DEN
kMandarin
diàn
kTGHZ2013
074.110:diàn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 扂0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿸ Upper-left enclosure

Shape description
户 wraps around 占 from the upper left · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, North Korea
Source notation ^⿸户占$(GHP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿸户占$(GHP)

^⿸戶占$(TJK)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.