# 丯

| 丯 | U+4E2F, &#20015; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E2F |
| ← 丮 [U+4E2E] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 丰 → [U+4E30] |

## Translingual
### Han character

丯 (Kangxi radical 2, 丨+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 手十 (QJ) or 難手十 (XQJ), four-corner 5000$_0$, composition ⿻丨彡)

#### Derived characters

* 𠛉, 𠂖, 𡕗, 𭇈, 𢝇, 𤊴, 𮅳, 𭆌, 𦝸

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 79, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 75
* Dae Jaweon: page 161, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 28, character 8
* Unihan data for U+4E2F

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 丯
* Bronze inscriptionsb06395b06396Transcribed ancient scriptsL21189
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 夆 | *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds |
| 丯 | *kreːds |
| 瘛 | *kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed |
| 觢 | *ɡjeds |
| 契 | *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd |
| 栔 | *kʰeːds |
| 禊 | *ɡeːds |
| 稧 | *ɡeːds |
| 楔 | *kreːd, *sqʰeːd |
| 葜 | *kʰreːd |
| 猰 | *qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd |
| 窫 | *qreːd |
| 揳 | *sqʰeːd |
| 偰 | *sqʰeːd |
| 潔 | *keːd |
| 絜 | *keːd, *ɡeːd |
| 鍥 | *keːd, *kʰeːd |
| 挈 | *kʰeːd |
| 蛪 | *kʰeːd |
| 齧 | *ŋeːd |
| 褉 | *qʰeːd |
| 喫 | *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ |
Pictogram of something carved/engraved. Proto-form of 㓞. Unrelated to 丰.
The character was also used as a variant of 王, later written as 玉.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiè (jie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiè
*** Wade–Giles: chieh$^4$
*** Yale: jyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jieh
*** Palladius: цзе (cze)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaai$^3$
*** Yale: gaai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gai$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːi̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: keajH
Rime :
| Character | 丯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 皆 (33) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古拜切 |
| Baxter | keajH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠɛi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚæi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kɐi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kəɨj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /kɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /kɐi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kăi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaai$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 丯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6490 |
| Phonetic component | 丯 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 誡 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːds/ |
| Notes | 原作豐首筆爲撇校本改爲丯 |

### Definitions

丯
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 㓞 (qià).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a variant of 玉.
* (historical dictionaries only) weed

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* dense

#### Readings

* Kan-on: かい (kai)
* Kun: さんらん (sanran, 丯)、さんらんする (sanransuru, 丯する)