down box

Origin & mnemonic

This radical stems from a pictographic origin, representing a square box or enclosed space depicted as two intersecting strokes (horizontal and vertical). It serves as a foundational component in characters expressing spatial or boundary concepts.

Mnemonic: Remember two strokes forming an open-bottomed square frame, like a box without a lid.

• 冏jiǒng🔊

  velvetleaf (Abutilon avicennae), plant of the jute family

  7 strokes

• 冒mào🔊

  to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)

  HSK 5

  9 strokes

• 冑zhòu🔊

  variant of 胄[zhou4]

  9 strokes

• 冓gòu🔊

  inner rooms of palace

  10 strokes

• 冔xǔ🔊

  cap of Yin dynasty

  10 strokes