Radical 22

匚
Radical 22 (U+2F15)
匚 (U+531A) "box"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	fāng
Bopomofo:	ㄈㄤ
Wade–Giles:	fang1
Cantonese Yale:	fong1
Jyutping:	fong1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	hong
Japanese Kana:	ほう, はこ hō, hako
Sino-Korean:	방 bang
Names
Japanese name(s):	匚構 hakogamae
Hangul:	상자 sanja
Stroke order animation

Radical 22 meaning "box" is 1 of 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 64 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. An archaic version of this radical, directly regularized from the bronzeware and seal scripts forms, occasionally appears in regular script (kaishu) or printed text as 𠥓 (12 strokes, 匚 + 10 strokes, e.g., 𠥧, an archaic version of 杯) and is used for the transcription of ancient inscriptions.

Characters with Radical 22

• 
  Oracle bone script character
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  Bronze script character
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  Great seal script character
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  Small seal script character

strokes	character
without additional strokes	匚
3 additional strokes	匛 匜 匝 匞
4 additional strokes	匟 匠 匡 匢
5 additional strokes	匣 匤 匥 医
7 additional strokes	匦 匧
8 additional strokes	匨 匩 匪 匫
9 additional strokes	匬 匭 匮
10 additional strokes	𠥓
11 additional strokes	匯 匰
12 additional strokes	匱 匲
13 additional strokes	匳
14 additional strokes	匴
15 additional strokes	匵
17 additional strokes	匶
18 additional strokes	匷

Literature

• Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
• Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets". CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

External links

• Unihan Database - U+531A