⼌
down box
jiōng (jiong1)
Radical no. 13 · 2 strokes (第 13 部首 · 2 画 dì 13 bùshǒu · 2 huà)
Radical ⼌ (jiōng) — meaning: down box, 2 strokes.
Origin & mnemonic
This radical stems from a pictographic origin, representing a square box or enclosed space depicted as two intersecting strokes (horizontal and vertical). It serves as a foundational component in characters expressing spatial or boundary concepts.
Mnemonic: Remember two strokes forming an open-bottomed square frame, like a box without a lid.
Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)
1 characters- 冂jiōng
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]
2 strokes
Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)
Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.