HSK Guide

部首 11to enter, to go in

(fourth tone, falling)

to enter, to go in

部首 112 画0 汉字

Where the shape comes from

A wedge narrowing downward and inward, usually read as the mouth of a dwelling closing in behind whoever goes through it. Set it beside 人 and watch the join: in 入 the short stroke starts at the top and the long one falls away to the right, the exact reverse of the person. It heads 内, 全 and 两.

汉字 filed under

No published character on HSK Guide is filed under this radical yet. 汉字库.