# 匼

| 匼 | U+533C, &#21308; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-533C |
| ← 医 [U+533B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 匽 → [U+533D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

匼 (Kangxi radical 23, 匸+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸人一口 (SOMR), four-corner 7171$_6$, composition ⿷匚合)

#### Derived characters

* 𠵏 𫽆

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 155, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2683
* Dae Jaweon: page 347, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 85, character 14
* Unihan data for U+533C

## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): kē, ǎn (ke$^1$, an$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ, ㄢˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hap$^1$ / am$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khap / kap
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kab$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kē
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ke
*** Wade–Giles: kʻo$^1$
*** Yale: kē
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ke
*** Palladius: кэ (kɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɤ⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ǎn
*** Wade–Giles: an$^3$
*** Yale: ǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aan
*** Palladius: ань (anʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀän²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hap$^1$ / am$^2$
*** Yale: hāp / ám
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hap$^7$ / am$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heb$^1$ / em$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐp̚⁵/, /ɐm³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khap
*** Tâi-lô: khap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: qab
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰap̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰap̚³²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kap
*** Tâi-lô: kap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kab
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kap̚³²/
* khap - vernacular;
* kap - literary.

#### Definitions

匼
* Used in 匼匝 (kēzā).
* Used in 阿匼 (ēkē).
* (Southern Min) to cover downwards

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蓋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蓋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蓋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蓋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蓋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蓋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蓋, 㝩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蓋, 㝩, 垛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 蓋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蓋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蓋, 冚, 扱 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 冚, 扱 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 扱 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蓋, 㔶, 盍 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蓋, 弇 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 弇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 弇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 弇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 弇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 弇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 揜 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蓋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 㔶𱔴 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 㔶, 㪠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 崁 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 崁 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 崁 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 崁 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 崁 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蓋, 崁 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 蓋 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 蓋, 崁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蓋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 㔶, 蓋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蓋 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蓋, 㔶 |

##### Derived terms

* 匼杯
* 匼槽
* 匼模
* 匼跤
* 撚匼笑

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ōu (ou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): o$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ou
*** Wade–Giles: ou$^1$
*** Yale: ōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
*** Palladius: оу (ou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: o$^1$
*** Yale: ō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: o$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: o$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔː⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

匼
* a surname

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): áⁿ / âⁿ
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ánn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: var
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Zhangzhou): /ã⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: âⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: ânn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: vaa
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ã²⁴/

#### Definitions

匼
* (Hokkien) to side; to take sides (with someone)
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to bring something closer to oneself

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 匼 – see 帢 (“hat, cap”). (This character is a variant form of 帢).

### Etymology 4

* For pronunciation and definitions of 匼 – see 區 (“area; district; region; ward; administrative division; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 區).

### References

* Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List (Part 1), p. 73
* “匼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* enclosed in something that goes round and round
* flattering
* hood

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): あん (an)、おん (on)、こう (kō)
* Kun: こびへつらう (kobihetsurau, 匼う)、めぐる (meguru, 匼る)、めぐるさま (megurusama)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [a̠p̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [압]

### Hanja

Wikisource 匼 • (ap) (hangeul 압, revised ap, McCune–Reischauer ap)
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