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匸

xì
kangxi radical

Meanings

  1. 1 concealing enclosure radical (Kangxi #23)
  2. 2 indexing radical for characters meaning to hide or cover from the side

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usage
匸 is visually almost identical to 匚 (#22) - both are right-opening boxes - but historically distinct: 匸 was glossed as 'to hide', while 匚 was a basket. Most modern simplified dictionaries collapse the two into a single radical slot.
history
Characters indexed here include 匿 (to hide), 区 (district), and 医 (doctor / originally 'medicine box').

Radical

Hiding Kangxi #23

The concealing-enclosure radical. A historical Kangxi slot for characters whose semantic core is hiding or sheltering inside a sideways box: 匿, 区, 医. Visually overlaps with 匚 (#22) and is rarely treated as a separate radical in modern simplified indices.

Used in

Showing 6 of 6 · default form 匸
区 qū
area; district; region · to distinguish; to differentiate
匹 pǐ
classifier for horses · classifier for bolts of cloth
医 yī
medicine; medical science · doctor; physician
匿 nì
to hide · to conceal
匾 biǎn
horizontal inscribed plaque (hung above a door or on a wall) · shallow round bamboo basket
匽 yǎn
to hide; to conceal (archaic) · to stop; to lay aside (archaic, variant of 偃)

Stroke Order

匸 xì