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See also:
U+76CD, 盍
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-76CD

[U+76CC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+76CE]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 108, +5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土戈月廿 (GIBT), four-corner 40107, composition )

  1. what? why not?

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 794, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22980
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1209, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2559, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+76CD

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

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

Original form of . Pictogram (象形) , a container and its lid.

Etymology

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From the fusion of 何不 (OC *ɡaːl pɯ, “why not”).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (33)
Final () (144)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter hap
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦɑp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦɑp̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣɑp̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦap̚/
Li
Rong
/ɣɑp̚/
Wang
Li
/ɣɑp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣɑp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hap6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ hap ›
Old
Chinese
/*m-[k]ˁap/
English thatch, cover (v.)

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 5080
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡaːb/

Definitions

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  1. (Classical) why; how
  2. (Classical) why not
  3. Used in 盍簪.
  4. Used in 盍旦.
  5. Original form of (gài, “to cover”).
  6. a surname

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. come together
  2. congregate
  3. meet
  4. cover

Readings

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References

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  1. ^ ”, in 漢字ぺディア[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

Korean

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Hanja

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(hap) (hangeul )

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: hạp, khạp

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