函

Information about character(s)

Radical: 凵
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 凾圅

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hán
Cantonese: haam4
JapaneseKun: IRERU HAKO
JapaneseOn: KAN
Korean: HAM
Vietnamese: hòm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: correspondence; a case; a box

CE-Dict: envelope/case/letter

Soothill: A box, receptacle; to enfold: a letter.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] a letter

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: case; envelop; letter

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: case; envelop; letter

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【凵字部】函
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤胡男切，音含。【說文】舌也，又容也。【禮·曲禮】席閒函丈。又【前漢·禮樂志郊祀歌】函蒙祉福常若期。【註】師古曰：函，包也。又【前漢·班固敘傳】函之如海。【註】讀與含同。【律歷志】太極函三爲一。【禮·樂志】人函隂陽之氣。又【玉篇】鎧也。【周禮·冬官考工記】燕非無函也，夫人而能爲函也。又【集韻】戸感切，音頷。【通俗文】口上曰臄，口下曰函。【集韻】或作椷。【前漢·天文志】太白閒可椷劒。【註】謂可容一劒也。又【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】胡讒切【正韻】胡嵒切，𠀤音咸。匱也。又【集韻】或作㮀，木名。又或作䤴。【博雅】介鎧也，通作函。又【玉篇】書也。【晉書·殷浩傳】竟達空函。又姓。【廣韻】漢有豫章太守函熙。又漢複姓。漢末有黃門侍郞函治子覺。又函谷，關名。又通作咸。【周禮·秋官】伊耆氏共杖咸。【註】咸讀爲函，以此藏杖也。又【張有·復古編】圅又作函，亦筆迹小異。別作凾，非。
考證：〔【前漢·禮樂志郊祀歌】函業祉福常若期。〕　謹照原文函業改函蒙。

CF-Dict: lettre/missive

Han-De-Dict: Briefumschlag, Umschlag, Kuvert, Briefkuvert (u.E.) (S)/Schreiben, Brief (u.E.) (S)/Han (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)