厶

See also: マ, ㇺ, ム, ﾑ, ㄙ, and 私

厶 U+53B6, 厶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B6 ← 厵 [U+53B5] CJK Unified Ideographs 厷 → [U+53B7]

⼛ U+2F1B, ⼛ KANGXI RADICAL PRIVATE ← ⼚ [U+2F1A] Kangxi Radicals ⼜ → [U+2F1C]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

厶 (Kangxi radical 28, 厶+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女戈 (VI) or 難女戈 (XVI), four-corner 2073₀, composition ⿰𠃋丶)

1. Kangxi radical #28, ⼛.

Descendants

• ㄙ

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/厶
• 仏, 𠚦, 𫰇, 𭒸, 𡯆, 弘, 払, 𭤩, 㺨, 𦘯, 𬎤, 𤰜, 私, 𬖎, 𫟉, 𧈥, 畆, 𦍯
• 允, 𠘭, 台, 𢁔, 弁, 𭥎, 𪵨, 𤆃, 牟, 䏍, 矣, 𭯇, 𧈧, 貟(贠), 𧌦, 𡊄, 畚, 𡘞, 奙, 𫊲, 貵, 軬
• 么, 幺, 云, 公, 𠬟, 丟(丢), 㿝, 镸, 𥫛, 𨿈, 篡, 勾, 広, 瓜, 禸, 𠘯, 囜, 𪞁, 羗, 鬼, 㦯, 𢏐, 𥿢, 桳, 𤴡, 𤔔, 舝, 䨶, 𠩯, 圗

Usage notes

Similar strokes occur in various Chinese characters, where they often represent a stylized tail, as in 离 (“beast”) and 鬼 (“demon”).

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 163, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3057
• Dae Jaweon: page 371, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 383, character 9
• Unihan data for U+53B6

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厶
Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (厶) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
私	*sil
厶	*sil

Ideogram (指事) – revolving around oneself – original character for 私 (“selfish; private”).

According to Han Feizi, which was referenced in Shuowen:

古者蒼頡之作書也，自環者謂之厶 [MSC, trad.]
古者苍颉之作书也，自环者谓之厶 [MSC, simp.]

Gǔzhě Cāngjié zhī zuò shū yě, zì huán zhě wèi zhī sī [Pinyin]

In olden times, when Cangjie invented the system of writing, a self-encircling element was designated as the character for “private”.

Compare 公 (“public”).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 私 (“self; personal; private; selfish; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 私).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 某 (“unspecified or not explicitly named; some; a certain; so-and-so; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 某).

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Japanese

Kanji

厶

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. I, myself
2. to be

Readings

• On (unclassified): し (shi)、ぼう (bō)、む (mu)
• Kun: わたくし (watakushi, 厶)、ござる (gozaru, 厶る)

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Korean

Hanja

厶 (eum 사 (sa))

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Vietnamese

Han character

厶: Hán Nôm readings: khư

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References

• Nom Foundation