べきかんむり

noun

kanji "wa" crown radical (radical 14)

Refers to the top radical 冖 (わかんむり), used in characters like 冠, 冥, and 写. This term is a metalinguistic label for the radical itself.

See also: ワ冠

• 「冠かんむり」の上うえの部ぶ分ぶんはべきかんむりと呼よばれます