Friday, 21 October 2011

Kanji structure (6)

The frame radical (kamae or gamae):


This is an enclosure radical, and is used in a variety of forms.

For example:

間(かん/あいだ)means space.  Do you see the sun 日(ひ)shining through a space in the gate 門(もん)?

In  国(くに)meaning country, 口 encloses a simplified version of  域(いき)meaning a delineated area.  


Thus, delineated area + enclosed space = country.

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