When the formation data identifies 匸 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
匸
Radical 23 of 214 · 2 strokes
Hiding enclosure
xì
Unicode uses 匸 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is box; Kangxi radical 23. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
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医yīto cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicineDetails+
formation note
Formation: Simplified form of 醫. Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 殹 represents the sound. The 酉 component is a pictograph of a container for wine, which is sometimes used for medicinal purposes. The traditional component 酉 was removed for simplification.
- 酉Removed in simplified10th earthly branch; (wine)
- 殹Phonetic component(archaic) [particle]
- Category radical
- 匸 hiding enclosure
- Visual structure
- 匸 + 矢
HSK words with 医2 words in this course
区qūarea, district, region, ward; surnameDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Simplified form of 區. Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.
- 匚Pictographic componentenclosed area
- 品Pictographic componentarticle; product; commodity; kind; grade; character
- Category radical
- 匸 hiding enclosure
- Visual structure
- 匸 + 乂
HSK words with 区6 words in this course
區qūarea, district, region, ward; surnameDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Depicts a group of things (品) in an enclosed area.
- 匚Pictographic componentenclosed area
- 品Pictographic componentarticle; product; commodity; kind; grade; character
- Category radical
- 匸 hiding enclosure
- Visual structure
- 匸 + 品
HSK words with 區6 words in this course
匹pǐbolt of cloth; mate, one of a pair; measure word for horsesDetails+
pictographic formation
Pictographic formation: A roll of cloth
- Category radical
- 匸 hiding enclosure
- Visual structure
- 匸 + 儿
HSK words with 匹1 word in this course
Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.