# 匚

| 匚 | U+531A, &#21274; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-531A |
| ← 匙 [U+5319] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 匛 → [U+531B] |
| ⼕ | U+2F15, &#12053; KANGXI RADICAL RIGHT OPEN BOX |
| ← ⼔ [U+2F14] | Kangxi Radicals | ⼖ → [U+2F16] |

## Translingual
### Han character

匚 (Kangxi radical 22, 匚+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一女 (MV), four-corner 7171$_0$, composition ⿱一𠃊)
* Kangxi radical #22, ⼕.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/匚
* 汇, 叵, 𧈟, 惬, 箧, 䑞

#### Descendants

* ㄈ

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 153, character 10
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2595
* Dae Jaweon: page 344, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 81, character 3
* Unihan data for U+531A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 匚 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 匚 | *paŋ |
| 匠 | *sbaŋs |
Pictogram (象形).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fāng (fang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fong$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fông
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hong
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fang
*** Wade–Giles: fang$^1$
*** Yale: fāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fang
*** Palladius: фан (fan)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fong$^1$
*** Yale: fōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fông
*** Hakka Romanization System: fong$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /foŋ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hong
*** Tâi-lô: hong
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hofng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔŋ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: pjang
Rime :
| Character | 匚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (106) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 府良切 |
| Baxter | pjang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʉɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷiɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /piuaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭwaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /piwaŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*paŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*paŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 匚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fāng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjang › |
| Old Chinese | /*paŋ/ |
| English | container, box (Shuōwén) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 匚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2984 |
| Phonetic component | 匚 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 方 |
| Old Chinese | /*paŋ/ |

#### Definitions

匚
* a kind of container

### Pronunciation 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 匚 – see 放 (“to release; to free; to liberate; to let out; to let go; to launch; to shoot; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 放).

### Pronunciation 3

* For pronunciation and definitions of 匚 – see 方 (“parallel; side by side; parallel boats; raft made of bamboo; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 方).

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: ほう (hō)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō)
* Kun: はこ (hako)

## Korean
### Hanja

匚 (eumhun 상자 방 (sangja bang))
* box

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

匚: Hán Nôm readings: phương, hệ
* chữ Hán form of phương (“Kangxi radical 22—‘box’”).

#### References

* Nôm Foundation