Radical 17
| 凵 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 凵 (U+51F5) "lower three-sided frame" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | qū | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄑㄩ | |
| Wade–Giles: | ch'ü1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | hom1 | |
| Jyutping: | ham3 | |
| Japanese Kana: | うけばこ ukebako | |
| Sino-Korean: | 감 gam | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 凵繞 kannyou 受け箱 ukebako | |
| Hangul: | 입벌릴 ip beolril | |
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Radical 17 is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
It does not occur as a character on its own. In combination, it historically takes meanings such as "open mouth", "box", "frame", "hole". In contemporary use, it is the base radical of the following characters:
Also derived from the radical are the Simplified Chinese characters 击 "to hit" and 画 "to paint", without any historical connection to the radical.
Note that 幽 "deep, dark" is derived from radical 46, "mountain" 山 rather than radical 17.
As for the similar radicals 22 匚 and 13 冂, the name of radical 17 is purely descriptive of its shape, 下三框 "lower three-sided frame".
Characters with Radical 17
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 凵 |
| 2 additional strokes | 凶 |
| 3 additional strokes | 凷 凸 凹 出 击 |
| 4 additional strokes | 凼 |
| 6 additional strokes | 函 |
| 7 additional strokes | 凾 |
| 10 additional strokes | 凿 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo. Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
External links
See also
- KangXi: page 134, character 17
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