厶

厶 (Kangxi radical 28, 厶+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 女戈 (VI) or X女戈 (XVI), four-corner 2073₀, composition ⿰𠃋丶)

1. Kangxi radical #28, ⼛.

• ㄙ

• Appendix:Chinese radical/厶
• 仏, 𠚦, 𫰇, 𭒸, 𡯆, 弘, 払, 𭤩, 㺨, 𦘯, 𬎤, 𤰜, 私, 𬖎, 𫟉, 𧈥, 畆, 𦍯
• 允, 𠘭, 台, 𢁔, 弁, 𭥎, 𪵨, 𤆃, 牟, 䏍, 矣, 𭯇, 𧈧, 貟(贠), 𧌦, 𡊄, 畚, 𡘞, 奙, 𫊲, 貵, 軬
• 么, 幺, 云, 公, 𠬟, 丟(丢), 㿝, 镸, 𥫛, 𨿈, 篡, 勾, 広, 瓜, 禸, 𠘯, 囜, 𪞁, 羗, 鬼, 㦯, 𢏐, 𥿢, 桳, 𤴡, 𤔔, 舝, 䨶, 𠩯, 圗

Similar strokes occur in various Chinese characters, where they often represent a stylized tail, as in 离 (“beast”) and 鬼 (“demon”).

• KangXi: page 163, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3057
• Dae Jaweon: page 371, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 383, character 9
• Unihan data for U+53B6

Historical forms of the character 厶
Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogram (指事) – revolving around oneself – original character for 私 (“selfish; private”).

According to Han Feizi, which was referenced in Shuowen:

古者蒼頡之作書也，自環者謂之厶 [MSC, trad.]
古者苍颉之作书也，自环者谓之厶 [MSC, simp.]

Gǔzhě Cāngjié zhī zuò shū yě, zì huán zhě wèi zhī sī [Pinyin]

In olden times, when Cangjie invented the system of writing, a self-encircling element was designated as the character for “private”.

Compare 公 (“public”).

Simplified from 牟 (elimination of 牛 (niú))

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. I, myself
2. to be

• On (unclassified): し (shi); ぼう (bō); む (mu)
• Kun: わたくし (watakushi, 厶); ござる (gozaru, 厶る)

厶 • (sasa sa, amu mo) (hangeul 사사 사, 아무 모)

1. any

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

厶: Hán Nôm readings: khư

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