宀

See also: 冖, 亠, and ウ

宀	U+5B80, 宀 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5B80

← 孿
[U+5B7F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

宁 →
[U+5B81]

⼧	U+2F27, ⼧ KANGXI RADICAL ROOF

← ⼦
[U+2F26]

Kangxi Radicals

⼨ →
[U+2F28]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

宀 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 戈月 (IB) or X戈月 (XIB), composition ⿱丶冖)

Kangxi radical #40, ⼧.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/宀
穴, 字, 㲾, 灾, 牢, 𡥜, 𧯜, 𤇵, 𭴠, 梥, 𢜇, 𭝜, 𮔉, 賔, 賓, 𪀱, 䥌, 𭒲, 𧔃
𤡛, 㺙, 𥢃, 𤪓, 𦣙, 𥘀, 𧁸

References

KangXi: page 281, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7054

Dae Jaweon: page 551, character 11

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 909, character 13

Unihan data for U+5B80

Chinese

simp. and trad.		宀

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 宀
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a house.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mián (mian²)
(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): min⁴
Min Nan (POJ): biân / bô͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mián
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mián
  - Wade–Giles: mien²
  - Yale: myán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mian
  - Palladius: мянь (mjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mjɛn³⁵/

Note: 寶蓋頭/宝盖头 when used as a component.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: min⁴
  - Yale: mìhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: min⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: min⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːn²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: biân / bô͘
  - Tâi-lô: biân / bôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bieen, boo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /biɛn²⁴/, /bɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /biɛn²⁴/, /bɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɛn¹³/, /bɔ¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /biɛn²⁴/, /bɔ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɛn²³/, /bɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: /miᴇn/

Rime
Character	宀
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	武延切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/miᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/miɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/mjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mian/
Li Rong	/miɛn/
Wang Li	/mĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	min⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*me[ŋ]/
(Zhengzhang): /*men/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	宀
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mián
Middle Chinese	‹ mjien ›
Old Chinese	/*me[ŋ]/ (no pre-Qín exx.)
English	house, building
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	宀
Reading #	1/1
No.	9028
Phonetic component	宀
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	緜
Old Chinese	/*men/

Definitions

宀

a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
a kind of flower
Kangxi radical#40 宀 (“roof”)

Usage notes

As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋／宝盖 (bǎogài) or 寶蓋頭／宝盖头 (bǎogàitóu).

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02462

Japanese

Kanji

宀

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

“roof” radical (ウ冠, u-kanmuri; literally “u-crown”)

Readings

Go-on: めん (men)
Kan-on: べん (ben)

Korean

Hanja

宀 (eumhun 집 면 (jip myeon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

宀: Hán Nôm readings: miên

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References

Nom Foundation