屮

       

     Versions of 屮

X5C6E 屮 is Unicode character number 23662, KanjiLiberal, JapanPsi.

屮 can be pronounced as "che" and reefer to left hand.
(Other ways of the reading and interpretation are also suggested.)

View of character 屮 depends on the software.

屮 is easy to confuse with other JapanPsi characters.

Graphic

There is no unique standard for the graphical representation of character 屮.
Shape of character 屮 depends on the software.

In general, character 屮 looks as Russian letter Ш, but the central vertical stick is enlarger both, up and down.
In the case of Linux, the letter Ш is deformed, but the central stick is straight.
In the case of Macintosh, the letter Ш is straight, but the down part of the central stick is bended to the left.
This may indicate, that the character refers to the left hand.

This way 屮 is presented at your browser: 屮

At Linux and at Macintosh, 屮 looks this ways:

Graphical representation of characters reveal the common fault, defect of manuals on Japanese.
They tell, how the things should be (from point of view of the authors) instead to to show, how the things are arranged in century 21.
The manual teach, how do they want students to draw characters, but do not tell, how the characters are already drawn in various default fonts, implemented at various softwares.

JapanPsi

The following four characters look similar:
X2F2C ⼬ , KanjiRadical
X5C6E 屮 KanjiLiberal
XFA3C 屮 , KanjiConfudal
X2F878 屮 , supported at Macintosh

Even a native Japanese speaker, watching characters ⼬ 屮 屮 屮 is unlikely to answer:
Which of them is X2F2C?
Which of them is X5C6E?
Which of them is XFA3C?
Which of them is X2F878?

If such a character is printed, the correct specification is:

"X2F2C ⼬ or X5C6E 屮 or XFA3C 屮 or X2F878 屮"

Term JapanPsi is defined as substitute of this (long and complicated) construction.

The software also confuses characters from set JapanPsi. Perhaps, the most of descriptions of X5C6E 屮 can be applied to other JapanPsi characters too.

Suggestions by various dictionaries are collected below.

Jisho

Jisho suggests:

屮 left hand, old grass radical (no. 45)

Kun: ひだりて

On: テツ、 サ

Nihongomaster

Nihongomaster suggests:

屮 3 Strokes

Definition of 屮 left hand old grass radical (no. 45)

Readings On'Yomi (音読み) テツ サ

Kun'yomi (訓読み) ひだりて

Kotobank

Kotobank suggests:

筐屮（読み）カタミグサ
動植物名よみかた辞典　普及版「筐屮」の解説

Goo

Goo suggests:

屮 部首

屮 （てつ）

画数

3（部首内画数：0 ）

種別 -

漢検の級 1級

音読み テツ・ ソウ

訓読み め・ めばえる

意味

①め。めばえる。 ②くさ（草）。

［参考］草の芽生える形からできた字。

Scientific interest

Jisho and Nihongomaster suggest similar descriptions of JapanPsi, but the descriptions do not match that by Kotobank nor that by Goo.

It is strange, that the character with so simple graphic has no established meaning.

References

Keywords

Confusion, Goo, Japanese, Jisho Kanji, KanjiConfudal, KanjiLiberal, KanjiRadical, Kotobank, Nihongomaster, Unicode, X2F2C ⼬ , X5C6E 屮 , XFA3C 屮 , X2F878 屮