厶

See also: マ, ㇺ, ム, ﾑ, ㄙ, and 私

厶	U+53B6, 厶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B6

⼛	U+2F1B, ⼛ KANGXI RADICAL PRIVATE

Translingual edit

Stroke order

Appendix:Chinese radical/厶
仏, 𠚦, 𫰇, 𭒸, 𡯆, 弘, 払, 𭤩, 㺨, 𦘯, 𬎤, 𤰜, 私, 𬖎, 𫟉, 𧈥, 畆, 𦍯
允, 𠘭, 台, 𢁔, 弁, 𭥎, 𪵨, 𤆃, 牟, 䏍, 矣, 𭯇, 𧈧, 貟(贠), 𧌦, 𡊄, 畚, 𡘞, 奙, 𫊲, 貵, 軬
么, 幺, 云, 公, 𠬟, 丟(丢), 㿝, 镸, 𥫛, 𨿈, 篡, 勾, 広, 瓜, 禸, 𠘯, 囜, 𪞁, 羗, 鬼, 㦯, 𢏐, 𥿢, 桳, 𤴡, 𤔔, 舝, 䨶, 𠩯, 圗

Similar strokes occur in various Chinese characters, where they often represent a stylized tail, as in 离 (“beast”) and 鬼 (“demon”).

Historical forms of the character 厶
Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
私	*sil
厶	*sil

Ideogram (指事) – revolving around oneself – original character for 私 (“selfish; private”).

According to Han Feizi, which was referenced in Shuowen:

古者蒼頡之作書也，自環者謂之厶 [MSC, trad.]
古者苍颉之作书也，自环者谓之厶 [MSC, simp.]

Gǔzhě Cāngjié zhī zuò shū yě, zì huán zhě wèi zhī sī [Pinyin]

In olden times, when Cangjie invented the system of writing, a self-encircling element was designated as the character for “private”.

Compare 公 (“public”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 厶 – see 私 (“self; personal; private; selfish; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and ancient form of 私).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.