匚
ホウ, はこがまえ

box-on-side enclosure radical (no. 22)

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

A depiction of a large *enclosure* → *shape indicator*. Conceptually, the character suggests the idea of spreading within a large enclosure. Distinguish 匚 from 匸.

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