# 屮

| 屮 | U+5C6E, &#23662; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C6E |
| ← 屭 [U+5C6D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 屯 → [U+5C6F] |
| ⼬ | U+2F2C, &#12076; KANGXI RADICAL SPROUT |
| ← ⼫ [U+2F2B] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼭ → [U+2F2D] |
| 屮 | U+FA3C, &#64060; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA3C |
| ← 層 [U+FA3B] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 悔 → [U+FA3D] |
| 屮 | U+2F878, &#194680; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F878 |
| ← 屠 [U+2F877] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 峀 → [U+2F879] |

## Translingual
### Han character

屮 (Kangxi radical 45, 屮+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 山中 (UL), four-corner 2240$_7$, composition ⿻凵丨(GHTK) or ⿻凵丿(J))
* Kangxi radical #45, ⼬.
* Shuowen Jiezi radical №11

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/屮
* 艸, 芔, 茻, 出, 𠨲, 𠬢, 妛, 𧯛, 𡸓, 𡹍, 雟, 芻, 㪿, 𨕬, 㞷
* 卉, 每, 毒, 熏, 省, 壴, 舍, 奏, 妻, 离

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 304, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7826
* Dae Jaweon: page 603, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1021, character 3
* Unihan data for U+5C6E
* Unihan data for U+FA3C
* Unihan data for U+2F878

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

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

#### Etymology 1 and 2

    Pictogram (象形) : A sprouting plant. Both glyph ⿻凵丨 and ⿻凵丿 are used, where the former is standard. Compare 屯 and 艸.

#### Etymology 3

    See 䶹 and its evolution 𠂇.

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chè (che$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cit$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhe̍t
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chè
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻê$^4$
*** Yale: chè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheh
*** Palladius: чэ (čɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cit$^3$
*** Yale: chit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhe̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: ced
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ced$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰet̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiat
*** Tâi-lô: thiat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiad
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛt̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛt̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: trhjet
Rime :
| Character | 屮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (83) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丑列切 |
| Baxter | trhjet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰˠiᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰᵚiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰjɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭɛt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | che |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰad/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 屮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1316 |
| Phonetic component | 屮 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 屮 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰad/ |

#### Definitions

屮
* new birth of plant
* left hand

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 草 (“herbaceous plant; herb; weed; wort; grass; forb; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 草).

### Etymology 3

    This section refers to ⿻凵丿 glyph only.
* For pronunciation and definitions of 屮 – see 左 (“left; east; areas to the east; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 左).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* left hand
* old grass radical (no. 45)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): さ (sa)
* Kun: ひだり (hidari)、ひだりて (hidarite)

## Korean
### Etymology 1
#### Hanja

屮 (eumhun 왼손 좌 (oenson jwa))
* hanja form of 좌 (“left hand”)

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

屮 (eumhun 싹날 철 (ssangnal cheol))
* hanja form of 철 (“to sprout”)

### Etymology 3
#### Hanja

屮 (eumhun 풀 초 (pul cho))
* hanja form of 초 (“old grass radical (no. 45)”)

##### References

* Naver Hanja Dictionary

## Vietnamese
### Han character

屮: Hán Nôm readings: triệt
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