凵かん繞にょう

noun

kanji "box" radical (radical 17)

Technical term used in kanji studies for the radical 凵, which resembles an open box. Also called うけばこ or かんがまえ.

• 部ぶ首しゅの「凵繞」は、例たとえば「凶きょう」や「出で」の外そと側がわの部ぶ分ぶんです。

  The radical 凵繞 is the outer part of characters like 凶 or 出.