罅

罅 · xià

crack, fissure, split

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xià
Cantonese
laa3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

crack, fissure, split

Dictionary definitions & readings

罅 xià · crack; grudge

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
52938.160:xià Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1243.050:xià Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
397.020:xià Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xià粵laa3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
カ ケ すき ひび Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
하:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
呼訝 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
OUYPD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
8174.9 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0945.470 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
421.54 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+7F45
Radical
缶 · 121
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6253

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
罅
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 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
xaeH · 呼訝 · 假開二去麻曉 · #2860

PHONO-ML, source line 15414; 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
1064.202
kCowles
2148
kDaeJaweon
1386.200
kFennIndex
166.04
kHanYu
52938.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
1386.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
52938.160
kIRGKangXi
0945.470
kKangXi
0945.470
kKarlgren
86
kMatthews
2523
kMeyerWempe
1426
kMorohashi
28169
kNelson
3631
kSBGY
421.54
kSMSZD2003Index
534.13
kCangjie
OUYPD
kFenn
29K
kFourCornerCode
8174.9
kMojiJoho
MJ020514
kPhonetic
379
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BTJHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-7341
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EDE1
kIRG_JSource
J0-6621
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-687A
kIRG_KSource
K1-726C
kIRG_TSource
T2-5E4E
kRSUnicode
121.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EDE1
kCCCII
227428
kCNS1986
2-5E4E
kCNS1992
2-5E4E
kEACC
227428
kGB0
8333
kGB1
8333
kJis0
7001
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
4978
kTGH
2013:6253
kTaiwanTelegraph
4978
kXerox
300:246
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6158+121.6.11
kCantonese
laa3
kDefinition
crack, fissure, split
kFanqie
呼訝
kHangul
하:1N
kHanyuPinyin
52938.160:xià
kJapanese
カ ケ すき ひび
kJapaneseKun
HIBI SUKI
kJapaneseOn
KA KE
kKorean
HA
kMandarin
xià
kSMSZD2003Readings
xià粵laa3
kTGHZ2013
397.020:xià
kXHC1983
1243.050:xià
kSemanticVariant
U+28EF2<kFenn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
4dictionary records using 罅0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
缶 beside 虖 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰缶虖$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰缶虖$(GHTJKP)

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