夂

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/夂

Usage notes
This character is usually written as the top component of a character such as in or as a side component in  and is not to be confused with  which is often written as the bottom component of a character or  which is often written as the right component of a character.

Glyph origin

 * Etymology 1


 * : – two legs  followed by something from behind  – to approach from behind.


 * Etymology 2
 * – the knot at the end of a cord; ancient form of 終 ("[to] end").


 * Etymology 3
 * See.

Definitions

 * 1)  to approach from behind

Usage notes
As a component of other characters, 夂 can be referred to as or.

Kanji

 * 1) Winter
 * 2) Late
 * 3) Delayed