冂
キョウ, ケイ, まきがまえ, えながまえ, どうがまえ, けいがまえ

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

Originally, a depiction of a marker hung on a fence. The meanings *border* and *distant* suggest that the marker indicated a distant borderline, or border post. The relevant bronzeware inscription form adds an element indicating a particular place, creating the variant form 冋.

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