囱

See also: 囪

囱 U+56F1, 囱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-56F1 ← 困 [U+56F0] CJK Unified Ideographs 囲 → [U+56F2]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 囪

Han character

囱 (Kangxi radical 31, 囗+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹田弓戈 (HWNI), composition ⿱丿⿴囗⿻𠂊乀(GHV) or ⿱丿⿴囗夕(T) or ⿱丿⿴囗夊(JK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 217, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4710
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 715, character 6
• Unihan data for U+56F1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (囱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
牎	*sʰroːŋ
窗	*sʰroːŋ
窓	*sʰroːŋ
囱	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloːŋ
總	*ʔsloːŋʔ
熜	*ʔsloːŋʔ
傯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
緫	*ʔsloːŋʔ
揔	*ʔsloːŋʔ
偬	*ʔsloːŋʔ, *ʔsloːŋs
囪	*sʰloːŋ
璁	*sʰloːŋ
驄	*sʰloːŋ
蔥	*sʰloːŋ
匆	*sʰloːŋ
怱	*sʰloːŋ
葱	*sʰloːŋ
楤	*sʰloːŋ
聦	*sʰloːŋ
繱	*sʰloːŋ
騘	*sʰloːŋ
鍯	*sʰloːŋ
聰	*sʰloːŋ
愡	*sʰloːŋs
檧	*sloːŋ, *sloːŋʔ
憽	*sloːŋ
幒	*sʰloŋʔ, *kjoŋ

A chimney. The dot is smoke leaving, the box is a window or house, and the xi or sui radical inside is either stars seen through the chimney or the people walking inside of the house.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 囱 – see 囪 (“chimney, funnel ”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 囪).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 囱 – see 窗 (“window”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified and variant form of 窗).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

囱

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. window
2. chimney

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kun: てんまど (tenmado)、まど (mado)、けむだし (kemudashi)

Korean

Hanja

囱 • (chong, chang) (hangeul 총, 창, revised chong, chang, McCune–Reischauer ch'ong, ch'ang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

囱: Hán Nôm readings: song

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Chimney. Dot is smoke leaving, box is window or house, xi or sui radical inside char is stars you can see through chimney or the people walking inside house.