书

See also: 書

书 U+4E66, 书 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E66 ← 乥 [U+4E65] CJK Unified Ideographs 乧 → [U+4E67]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

书 (Kangxi radical 5, 乙+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 戈木尸 (IDS), four-corner 5302, composition ⿺⿻⿱乛𠃌丨丶)

Derived characters

• 𪭣 𰁈 𱕸 𱮵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 84, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 52, character 5
• Unihan data for U+4E66

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 書 from cursive script with phonetic corrupted, now resembles a simpler hand holding a brush.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 书 – see 書 (“book; codex; letter; document; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 書).

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