down box

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.

• 冇mǎo🔊

  to not have (Cantonese) (Mandarin equivalent: 沒有|没有[mei2 you3])

  4 strokes

• 冈gāng🔊

  ridge

  4 strokes

• 冃mào🔊

  old variant of 帽[mao4]

  4 strokes

• 円yuán🔊

  yen (Japanese currency)

  4 strokes

• 册cè🔊

  book

  HSK 5

  5 strokes

• 冉rǎn🔊

  variant of 冉[ran3]

  5 strokes

• 冋jiōng🔊

  old variant of 坰[jiong1]

  5 strokes

• 囘huí🔊

  variant of 回[hui2]

  5 strokes

• 再zài🔊

  again; once more; re-

  HSK 1

  6 strokes