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宀 means 'roof'

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DRAW
Strokes : 3    Radical number: 40    Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 1 word   Component in 471 kanji (77 Jōyō)
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Common readings
Additional readings
On    ベン   メン
Variants
⼧  
Notes
See when this radical crowns kanji, such as 寒 (cold) and 定 (determined), and find out when it instead pops up in the middle of a character. Learn which other radicals resemble this one. And find out what 宀 represents in six kanji.
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noun
"roof" kanji radical (radical 40)  (see also: ウ冠)
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宀
roof   
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