# 夂

| 夂 | U+5902, &#22786; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5902 |
| ← 夁 [U+5901] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 夃 → [U+5903] |
| ⼡ | U+2F21, &#12065; KANGXI RADICAL GO |
| ← ⼠ [U+2F20] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼢ → [U+2F22] |

## Translingual
### Han character

夂 (Kangxi radical 34, 夂+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹水 (HE) or 難竹水 (XHE), four-corner 2740$_0$, composition ⿻𠂊㇏)
* Kangxi radical #34, ⼡.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/夂
* 冬, 务, 各, 𪢶, 𢁙, 㣊, 𢩸, 𣅈, 条, 𤰅, 𧈸, 𮗺, 𥇠, 𧍸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5691
* Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 867, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5902

### Usage notes

This character is usually written as the top component of a character such as in 冬, 各, 㣊, 夅, 夆, 备 or as a side component in 处, 処 and is not to be confused with 夊 which is often written as the bottom component of a character or 攵 which is often written as the right component of a character.

## Chinese
### Glyph origin
#### Etymology 1 and 3

* Historical forms of the character 夂
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
Pictogram (象形) of a footprint pointing down. See 夊 (suī), which represents a variant of this character. Shuowen: Ideogram (指事) – two legs (𠂊) followed by something from behind (㇏) – to approach from behind. However, all Xu Shen's interpretations are not based on oracle bones and Zhou bronzes.
Unrelated to 冬, in which the top component represents a rope with a knot on top (today 終). Also unrelated to 散 despite meaning "to walk".

#### Etymology 2

Pictogram (象形) – the knot at the end of a rope; ancient form of 終 ("[to] end").

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhǐ (zhi$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chí
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chí / tí
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǐ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǐh
*** Wade–Giles: chih$^3$
*** Yale: jř
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyy
*** Palladius: чжи (čži)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^2$
*** Yale: jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siː³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chí
*** Hakka Romanization System: ji$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ji$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡si³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chí
*** Tâi-lô: tsí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cie
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡si⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tí
*** Tâi-lô: tí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: die
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ti⁵⁵⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsy
*** MiniDict: tsy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: trijX
Rime :
| Character | 夂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 豬几切 |
| Baxter | trijX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiɪ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈᵚi$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiɪ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈji$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶji$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶi$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhǐ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zi$^2$ |

#### Definitions

夂
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to approach from behind

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 終 (“end; ending; termination; to come to an end; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 終).

### Etymology 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 夂 – see 夊 (“of going, slow”). (This character is a variant form of 夊).

### Usage notes

As a component of other characters, 夂 can be referred to as 折文兒／折文儿 or 冬字頭／冬字头.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* winter
* late
* delayed

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ち (chi)、しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)
* Kun: おくれる (okureru)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

夂: Hán Nôm readings: truy
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