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The word ''radical'' is coined with the meaning "semantic root" (original portion, bearing meaning), from [[Latin]] ''radix'', meaning "root". As Wieger (1927, p. 14) explains: |
The word ''radical'' is coined with the meaning "semantic root" (original portion, bearing meaning), from [[Latin]] ''radix'', meaning "root". As Wieger (1927, p. 14) explains: |
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{{quote|The [[inflection|inflected]] words of European languages are decomposed into ''radical'' and ''termination''. The radical gives the meaning; the termination indicates case, time, mood. The first sinologists applied those grammatical terms belonging to inflected languages, to the Chinese language which is not an inflected one.}} |
{{quote|The [[inflection|inflected]] words of European languages are decomposed into ''radical'' and ''termination''. The radical gives the meaning; the termination indicates case, time, mood. The first sinologists applied those grammatical terms belonging to inflected languages, to the Chinese language which is not an inflected one.}} |
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For example, 采 ''cǎi'' ‘to pick, pluck’ is an associative compound<ref>Chinese ''huìyì'' (會意); also termed ''compound indicative'', or ''logical aggregate''</ref> comprising two |
For example, 采 ''cǎi'' ‘to pick, pluck’ is an associative compound<ref>Chinese ''huìyì'' (會意); also termed ''compound indicative'', or ''logical aggregate''</ref> comprising two elements or components, a hand 爫 (''zhǎo'' or ''zhuǎ'') picking items<ref>Some of the [[oracle bone script]] graphs of this character show [[Image:Chinese character 采 cai3 pick Oracle Bone form.gif|20px]] a hand plus a tree with small items on it, which are variously interpreted as fruits (Wú, T.L. 1990, p.200; & Luó Zhènyù 1958, p.177, cited in Wú) or leaves (Prof. Woon 1987, p.112; & Prof. Lǐ Xiàodìng 1970, v.6, pp.2005–13, cited in Woon) being picked; the items were eliminated in simplified forms in [[Chinese bronze inscriptions|bronze inscriptions]], leaving only the tree</ref> from a tree 木 (''mù''); that is, it is originally a two-part graph. Later, a redundant hand 扌 (''shǒu'') element was added in the traditional form of the graph to form the character 採 (the simplified version used in the [[People's Republic of China|PRC]] then dropped this extra element). The compound then comprised a later-added semantic determinative, 扌, plus what is now often termed an ''etymon'' (the original part, or ‘root’), 采. According to the coinage of ''radical'' based on ‘root’, the etymonic 采 portion would be the ''radical'', colored in red in the picture to the above right. Those who focus on the ''root'' meaning of ''radical'' (that is, those who equate ''radical'' with ''root'' and ''etymon'') criticize other uses of the term ''radical''.<ref>e.g., Prof. Boltz (2003 & 1994), pp. 67–8, who writes: “Because such determinatives came later to constitute a basis for lexicographic classification they are sometimes also called ''semantic classifiers''. In modern parlance they are often inaccurately called “radicals”. Given that they are, without exception, secondary accretions to an original graph, they are precisely ''not'' radicals, i.e., they do not reflect in any way the “root: or “core” of the graph.”</ref> However, even critics of other uses of the term ''radical'' will generally avoid this usage of it due to the confusion over the term, instead calling such original graphs the ''original form'', or ''etymon''. One reason for avoiding this usage is that most people would now refer to the ''other'' half as the ''radical'' (e.g., 扌 in the above example of 採), but for ''two different'' reasons, based on two different uses of the term as outlined below: a) any semantic element, and b) [[section headers of a Chinese dictionary]], under which characters containing it can be found. |
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=== Semantic elements === |
=== Semantic elements === |
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A Chinese radical (from the Latin radix, meaning "root") is a component of a Chinese character. The term may variously refer to the original semantic (meaning-bearing) element of a character, or to any semantic element, or, loosely, to any element whatever its origin or purpose. The term is commonly used to describe the element under which a character is traditonally listed in a Chinese dictionary, which may be a semantic, phonetic or merely artificially extracted portion of the character. When used in this way as dictionary section headers (Chinese: 部首; pinyin: bùshǒu), radicals form the basis of an indexing system that has classified Chinese characters throughout the ages, from ancient Shuōwén Jiézì characters to their modern successors.
Simplified vs. Traditional
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In an effort to make learning Chinese easier and boost literacy rates, in 1956 and again in 1964 the People's Republic of China released a list of "simplified" Chinese characters which contain fewer strokes than their traditional equivalents. Although simplification of Chinese characters has occurred since the advent of Chinese script, this was the most intensive effort undertaken in modern times. In most cases radicals were simplified according to two basic rules:
- Several lines and/or dots became one line
- The traditional character or radical was replaced by a small, unique portion thereof
In some cases a combination of the rules was used although the difference between the traditional and simplified version of the same character can lie solely in the radical.[clarification needed] One example is the character for "language"; the traditional character is 語, whilst in the simplified 语 only the radical is altered.
Ambiguity of meaning
Some academics have criticised the usage of the word radical because of its supposed ambiguity.[1] At one time radical referred to the semantic component of a Chinese character, because most (but not all) dictionary section headers are closely linked with the meaning of the characters listed under them. There is a widespread perception that these section headers are always, by definition, semantic in their role.[2] but this is not always the case. For example, 木 in 沐 is a phonetic element, not a radical. Another common misunderstanding[citation needed] is that radical means any component of a character. But this is inconsistent with all of its various historical uses.[citation needed] Russian language literature, as well as Russian-influenced literature, uses the word ключ (meaning key). Cf. the usage of the English-language term key in phrases like search key, sort key, index key.
Usage
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This section discusses various historical and current uses of the term radical.
Semantic roots
The word radical is coined with the meaning "semantic root" (original portion, bearing meaning), from Latin radix, meaning "root". As Wieger (1927, p. 14) explains:
The inflected words of European languages are decomposed into radical and termination. The radical gives the meaning; the termination indicates case, time, mood. The first sinologists applied those grammatical terms belonging to inflected languages, to the Chinese language which is not an inflected one.
For example, 采 cǎi ‘to pick, pluck’ is an associative compound[3] comprising two elements or components, a hand 爫 (zhǎo or zhuǎ) picking items[4] from a tree 木 (mù); that is, it is originally a two-part graph. Later, a redundant hand 扌 (shǒu) element was added in the traditional form of the graph to form the character 採 (the simplified version used in the PRC then dropped this extra element). The compound then comprised a later-added semantic determinative, 扌, plus what is now often termed an etymon (the original part, or ‘root’), 采. According to the coinage of radical based on ‘root’, the etymonic 采 portion would be the radical, colored in red in the picture to the above right. Those who focus on the root meaning of radical (that is, those who equate radical with root and etymon) criticize other uses of the term radical.[5] However, even critics of other uses of the term radical will generally avoid this usage of it due to the confusion over the term, instead calling such original graphs the original form, or etymon. One reason for avoiding this usage is that most people would now refer to the other half as the radical (e.g., 扌 in the above example of 採), but for two different reasons, based on two different uses of the term as outlined below: a) any semantic element, and b) section headers of a Chinese dictionary, under which characters containing it can be found.
Semantic elements
Since the radical of a European word is not only its root but also the portion bearing the core of its meaning, some have applied the term radical not to the original root of a character, such as the 采 in the above example, but to any portion bearing meaning. Ramsey (1987, pp. 136–137) uses the term radical this way, clearly equating any “meaning determinant” with “radical”. Wieger (e.g., p. 14-15) also used the term radical this way, for the “formal element which gives meaning” and divided components into radicals and phonetics depending on their usage in particular characters; e.g., he interpreted 木 mù ‘tree’ as radical in 柏 bó ‘cypress’, but as phonetic in 沐 mù ‘to bathe’. In neither character is there an original root portion, as both characters were created as is, as phonetic-semantic compounds. Note that to avoid confusion with meaning #3 below, this meaning of “any portion bearing meaning rather than purely sound” is now generally termed a semantic component or element,[6] a determinative,[7] or a signific.[8][9]
Section headers of a Chinese dictionary
The term radical may also be applied to the graphic portion of a character (regardless of its role—phonetic, semantic, both,[10] or none—in that character) under which it is listed in the dictionary, known in Chinese as 部首 bùshǒu (Japanese bushu, Korean busu). Section headers is the literal translation, but these are also known as dictionary classifiers[11] or index keys.[12]
This is de facto the prevailing usage of the term radical today. However, some[13] object to the term, because of confusion due to the other uses of the term radical, meaning root and semantic component, as well as because most (but not all) section headers do happen[14] to play a semantic role in the characters listed under them. As a result, many are misled into thinking that the section headers are by definition either semantic roots or semantic components in those characters. This is definitely not correct. There are numerous instances of characters listed under section headers which are merely artificial extractions of portions of those characters, and some of these portions are not even actual graphs with an independent existence (e.g., 亅 jué or juě in 了 liǎo), as explained by Serruys (1984), who therefore prefers the term ‘glyph’ extraction rather than graphic extraction (p. 657). This is even truer of modern dictionaries, which reduce the number of section headers to less than half the number in Shuōwén, at which point it becomes impossible to have enough section headers to cover semantic elements in every character. In the Far Eastern Chinese English Dictionary for instance, 一 is a mere artificial extraction of a stroke from most of its subentries such as 丁 dīng and 且 qǐe; the same is true of 乙 yǐ in 九 jiǔ; 亅 jué or juě in 了 liǎo, le; 二 èr in 亞 yà and yǎ; 田 tián in 禺 yù; 豕 shǐ in 象 xiàng ‘elephant’, and so on. There are also instances of section headers which play a phonetic and not a semantic role in those characters, such as 臼 jiù ‘a mortar’ in 舅 jiù ‘maternal uncle’ (Shuōwén lists this under its semantic 男 nán, ‘male’, but modern dictionaries, with only 200-odd section headers, simply do not have enough to cover a semantic for every character) and 舊 jiù ‘owl; old’ (listed in the Far East on p. 1141 under the header 臼); 虎 hǔ ‘tiger’ in 虖 hū ‘shout’; 鬼 guǐ (originally ‘helmet’[15]), now ‘ghost’, in 魁 kúi, ‘leader’; 鹿 lù ‘deer’ in 麓 lù, foothills; 麻 má ‘hemp’ in 麼 ma, mó ‘tiny’; 黃 huáng ‘yellow’ in 黌 hóng ‘a school’; 羽 yǔ ‘feather’ in 翌 yì ‘next’ (Qiú 2000, p. 7); 齊 qí in 齎 jī ‘to present’; 青 qīng in 靖 jìng ‘peaceful’, 靚 jìng ‘to ornament; quiet’; and 靜 jìng ‘quiet’, and so on. In other words, although most section headers happen to play a semantic role in the characters listed under them, they are not fundamentally semantic, but rather, are somewhat arbitrarily chosen[14] classifiers used to group characters for lexicographic convenience. As Professor Jerry Norman (1988) writes (referring to semantic elements as “significs”):
The Shuōwén Jiézì contains 9,353 characters (Liú 1963). Xǔ arranged these characters under 540 radicals or graphic classifiers. These radicals are elements which a number of characters have in common, and which can thus be used as a means of classifying those characters' graphic shapes; frequently they correspond to the characters' significs, but this is not necessarily always the case. (p.69)
Professor Woon Wee Lee (1987) also explains:
It is important to note that the concepts of semantic element and 'section heading' (部首 bùshǒu) are different, and should be clearly distinguished. The semantic element is parallel to the phonetic element in terms of the phonetic compound, while the section heading is a terminology of Chinese lexicography, which is a generic heading for the characters arranged in each section of a dictionary according to the system established by Xu Shen. It is the 'head' of a section, assigned for convenience only. Thus, a section heading is usually the element common to all characters belonging to the same section. (Cf. L. Wang, 1962:1.151). The semantic elements of phonetic compounds were usually also used as section headings. However, characters in the same section are not necessarily all phonetic compounds. ...In some sections, such as 品 pin3 'the masses' (S. Xu 1963:48) and 爪 zhua3 'a hand' (S. Xu 1963:63), no phonetic compound is incorporated. In other words, the section heading was not commonly used as a semantic element...To sum up, the selection of a section heading is to some extent arbitrary. (p.147-8)
Other uses
Radical may also be used to refer to:
- Any character which is also used as a dictionary’s section header: Some have failed to recognize the distinction between a character and that character’s role in a particular situation, thus coming to think of a character which is used as a section header as being a radical in and of itself, or a character which is phonetic in some instance as being a phonetic in and of itself. This is incorrect.
- Any component of a character. So great is the confusion among the various uses, that some[who?] have inferred that radical must simply mean any component or element of a character. This is of course fundamentally incorrect.
Type of character and positions
There are fourteen types of radicals per position, seven basic types and seven variant. The following table lists radical types with Japanese name and position in red and indicate how Kanji is formed by radical with example.
Position | Japanese name | Meaning | Example |
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hen (偏) | Left sided element | 略 consists of Radical 102 田 and 各. |
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tsukuri (旁) | Right accompanying element | 期 consists of Radical 74 月 and 其. |
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kanmuri (冠) | Crown element | 歩 consists of Radical 77 止 and 少, 男 consist of Radical 102 田 and 力.
Note that single radical (e.g., Radical 102 田) is used for other type as well, and lesser strokes simple Kanji works as a radical, like 力 is also Radical 19. |
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ashi (脚) | Foot element | 志 consists of Radical 61 心 and 士, 畠 consists of Radical 102 田 and 白.
Also note that single radical is interchangeably used for other type as well, and 白 is Radical 106 too, but not used as crown type for 畠. |
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ashi variant | Top and bottom element | 亘 consists of Radical 7 二 and 日. |
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ashi variant | Center element | 昼 consists of Radical 72 日 with upper 尺 and lower 一. |
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tare (垂) | Dangle / left shoulder element | 房 consists of Radical 63 戸 and 方. |
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nyō (繞) | Surround / left and bottom element | 起 consists of Radical 156 走 and 己. |
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kamae (構) | Posture (box, enclosure) element | 国 consists of Radical 31 囗 and 玉. |
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kamae variant | Box, bottom open | 間 consists of Radical 169 門 and 日. |
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kamae variant | Box, top open | 凶 consists of Radical 17 凵 and 乄. |
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kamae variant | Box, right open | 医 consists of Radical 22 匚 and 矢. |
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kamae variant | Right shoulder | 式 consists of Radical 56 弋 and 工. |
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kamae variant | Left and right sided | 街 consists of Radical 144 行 and 圭. |
Radicals
No. | Radical (variants) | Stroke count | Pīnyīn | Hiragana | Meaning | Frequency | Simplified | Examples |
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1 | [一] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 1 | yī | いち | one | 42 | 七三不世 | |
2 | [丨] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 1 | gǔn | ぼう | line | 21 | 中 | |
3 | [丶] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 1 | zhǔ | てん | dot | 10 | 丸主 | |
4 | [丿] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 1 | piě | てん | slash | 33 | 久之乎 | |
5 | [乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 1 | yǐ | おつ | second | 42 | 九也 | |
6 | [亅] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 1 | jué | はねぼう | hook | 19 | 了事 | |
7 | [二] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | èr | に | two | 29 | 五井些亞 | |
8 | [亠] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | tóu | なべぶた | lid | 38 | 亡交京 | |
9 | [人(亻)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | rén | ひと | man, human | 794 | 仁休位今 | |
10 | [儿] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | ér | にんにょう | legs | 52 | 兄元 | |
11 | [入] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | rù | いる | enter | 28 | 入兩 | |
12 | [八] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | bā | はちがしら | eight | 44 | 公六共兵 | |
13 | [冂] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | jiōng | まきがまえ | open country | 50 | 内再 | |
14 | [冖] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | mì | わかんむり | cover | 30 | 冗冠 | |
15 | [冫] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | bīng | にすい | ice | 115 | 冬冶冷凍 | |
16 | [几] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | jī | つくえ | table | 38 | 凡 | |
17 | [凵] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | qǔ | うけばこ | container, open mouth | 23 | 凶出函 | |
18 | [刀(刂)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | dāo | かたな | knife, sword | 377 | 刀分切初利刻則前 | |
19 | [力] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | lì | ちから | power, force | 163 | 力加助勉 | |
20 | [勹] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | bāo | つつみがまえ | wrap, embrace | 64 | 勾包 | |
21 | [匕] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | bǐ | さじのひ | spoon | 19 | 化北 | |
22 | [匚] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | fāng | はこがまえ | box | 64 | 匣 | |
23 | [匸] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | xǐ | はこがまえ | hiding enclosure | 17 | 匹區 | |
24 | [十] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | shí | じゅう | ten, complete | 55 | 十午半博 | |
25 | [卜] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | bǔ | ぼくのと | divination | 45 | 占卦 | |
26 | [卩] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | jié | ふしづくり | kneel | 40 | 印危卵 | |
27 | [厂] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | hàn, chǎng | がんだれ | cliff | 129 | 厚原 | |
28 | [厶] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | sī | む | private | 40 | 去參 | |
29 | [又] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 2 | yòu | また | right hand | 91 | 友反取受 | |
30 | [口] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | kǒu | くち | mouth, opening | 1,146 | 口古可名君否呉告周味命和哲唐善器 | |
31 | [囗] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | wéi | くにがまえ | enclosure | 118 | 四回國圖 | |
32 | [土] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | tǔ | つち | earth | 580 | 土在地型城場壁壓 | |
33 | [士] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | shì | さむらい | scholar, bachelor | 24 | 士壹 | |
34 | [夂] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | zhǐ | ふゆがしら | go | 11 | 夆 | |
35 | [夊] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | suī | ふゆがしら | go slowly | 23 | 夏 | |
36 | 夕 | 3 | xī | ゆうべ | evening, sunset | 34 | 夕外多夜 | |
37 | [大] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | dà | だい | big, very | 132 | 大天奈奧 | |
38 | [女] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | nǚ | おんな | woman, female | 681 | 女好妄妻姉始姓姫 | |
39 | [子] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | zǐ | こ | child, seed | 83 | 子孔字學 | |
40 | [宀] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | mián | うかんむり | roof | 246 | 守家寒實 | |
41 | [寸] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | cùn | すん | thumb, inch | 40 | 寸寺尊將 | |
42 | [小 (⺌, ⺍)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | xiǎo | ちいさい | small, insignificant | 41 | 小少 | |
43 | [尢, 尣] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | wāng | まげあし | lame | 66 | 就 | |
44 | [尸] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | shī | しかばね | corpse | 148 | 尺局 | |
45 | [屮] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | chè | てつ | sprout | 38 | 屯 | |
46 | [山] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | shān | やま | mountain | 636 | 山岡岩島 | |
47 | [巛 (川, 巜)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | chuān | まがりがわ | river | 26 | 川州巡 | |
48 | [工] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | gōng | たくみ | work | 17 | 工左巫差 | |
49 | [己 巳 已 㔾] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | jǐ | おのれ | oneself | 20 | 己巳 | |
50 | [巾] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | jīn | はば | turban, scarf | 295 | 市布帝常 | |
51 | [干] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | gān | はす | pestle | 9 | 平年 | |
52 | [幺] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | yāo | いとがしら | short, tiny | 50 | 幻幼 | |
53 | [广] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | yǎn | まだれ | house on cliff | 15 | 序店府度座庭廣廳 | |
54 | [廴] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | yín | いんにょう | long stride | 9 | 延 | |
55 | [廾] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | gǒng | にじゅうあし | two hands, twenty | 50 | 弁 | |
56 | [弋] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | yì | しきがまえ | shoot, arrow | 15 | 式弑 | |
57 | [弓] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | gōng | ゆみ | bow | 165 | 弓引弟弱彌 | |
58 | [彐 (彑)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | jì | けいがしら | pig snout | 25 | 彖 | |
59 | [彡] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | shān | さんづくり | bristle, beard | 62 | 形彦 | |
60 | [彳] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 3 | chì | ぎょうにんべん | step | 215 | 役彼後得徳徼 | |
61 | [心 (忄⺗)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | xīn | りっしんべん | heart | 1,115 | 必忙忌性悪情想 | |
62 | [戈] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | gē | かのほこ | spear, halberd | 116 | 成式弐戦 | |
63 | [戶, 户, 戸] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | hù | とびらのと | door, house | 44 | 戸戻所 | |
64 | [手 (扌龵)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | shǒu | て | hand | 1,203 | 手 持 掛 挙 拜 拳 掌 掣 擧 (打 批 技 抱 押) | |
65 | [支] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | zhī | しんよう | branch | 26 | 攱攲 | |
66 | [攴(攵)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | pū | ぼくづくり | rap | 296 | 收敍數斅 | |
67 | [文] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | wén | ぶんにょう | script, literature | 26 | 文 斊 斈 斌 斐 斑 斕 | |
68 | [斗] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | dǒu | とます | dipper | 32 | 料 斡 | |
69 | [斤] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | jīn | おの | axe | 55 | 斦 斧 新 斥 斬 斷 | |
70 | [方] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | fāng | ほう | square | 92 | 方 放 旅 族 | |
71 | [无] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | mó | むにょう | negative, no, not | 12 | 无 旡 既 旣 | |
72 | [日] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | rì | にち | sun, day | 453 | 日白百明的映時晩 | |
73 | [曰] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | yuē | にち | say | 37 | 書 最 晉 曷 曹 曾 | |
74 | [月] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | yuè | つき | moon, month | 69 | 有 服 青 朝 | |
75 | [木] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | mù | き | tree | 1,369 | 木 杢 板 相 根 森 楽 機 末 本 杉 林 | |
76 | [欠] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | qiàn | あくび | owe, lack, yawn | 235 | 欣 欽 欧 欲 歌 | |
77 | [止] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | zhǐ | とめる | stop | 99 | 正 歩 此 步 武 歪 歲 | |
78 | [歹 (歺)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | dǎi | がつへん | death, decay | 231 | 死 列 殕 | |
79 | [殳] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | shū | ほこつくり | weapon, lance | 93 | 役 投 殴 殷 | |
80 | [毋 (母, ⺟)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | wú | なかれ | mother, do not | 16 | 毋 母 毎 姆 梅 | |
81 | [比] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | bǐ | くらべるひ | compare, compete | 21 | 皆 批 毕 毖 毘 毚 | |
82 | [毛] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | máo | け | fur, hair | 211 | 毟 毡 毦 毫 毳 耗 | |
83 | [氏] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | shì | うじ | clan | 10 | 氏 民 紙 婚 氓 | |
84 | [气] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | qì | きがまえ | steam, breath | 17 | 気 汽 氧 | |
85 | [水 (氵,氺)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | shuǐ | みず | water | 1,595 | 水 永 泳 決 治 海 演 漢 瀬 | |
86 | [火 (灬)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | huǒ | ひ | fire | 639 | 火 灯 毯 爆 (烈 烹 焦 然 煮) | |
87 | [爪(爫)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | zhǎo | つめ | claw, nail, talon | 36 | 爬 爯 爭 爰 爲 | |
88 | [父] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | fù | ちち | father | 10 | 斧 釜 | |
89 | [爻] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | yáo | めめ | mix, twine, cross | 16 | 爼 爽 爾 | |
90 | [爿] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | qiáng | しょうへん | split wood | 48 | 牀 奘 牃 | |
91 | [片] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | piàn | かた | slice | 77 | 版 牌 牒 | |
92 | [牙] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | yá | きばへん | fang | 9 | 芽 呀 牚 | |
93 | [牛 (牜, ⺧)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | niú | うし | cow | 233 | 告 牟 牧 物 特 解 | |
94 | [犬(犭)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 4 | quǎn | いぬ | dog | 444 | 犬 犯 狂 狙 狗 献 獣 | |
95 | [玄] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | xuán | げん | dark, profound | 6 | 弦玆 | |
96 | [玉 (王)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | yù (wáng) | うし | jade (king) | 473 | ⺩ | 王 玉 主 弄 皇 理 差 聖 |
97 | [瓜] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | guā | うり | melon | 55 | 呱 瓞 | |
98 | [瓦] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | wǎ | かわら | tile | 174 | 瓧 瓮 甄 | |
99 | [甘] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | gān | あまい | sweet | 22 | 柑 甜 酣 | |
100 | [生] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | shēng | うまれる | life | 22 | 牲 笙 甥 | |
101 | [用(甩)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | yòng | もちいる | use | 10 | 佣 甬 甯 | |
102 | [田] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | tián | た | field | 192 | 田 町 思 留 略 番 | |
103 | [疋(⺪)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | pǐ | ひき | bolt of cloth | 15 | 疏 楚 胥 延 | |
104 | [疒] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | chuáng | やまいだれ | sickness | 526 | 病 症 痛 癌 癖 | |
105 | [癶] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | bō | はつがしら | footsteps | 15 | 発 登 | |
106 | [白] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | bái | しろ | white | 109 | 皃 的 皆 皇 | |
107 | [皮] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | pí | けがわ | skin | 94 | 披 彼 波 | |
108 | [皿] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | mǐn | さら | dish | 129 | 盂 盉 盍 監 蘯 | |
109 | [目] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | mù | め | eye | 647 | 目 見 具 省 眠 眼 観 覧 | |
110 | [矛] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | máo | むのほこ | spear | 65 | 茅 矜 | |
111 | [矢] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | shǐ | や | arrow | 64 | 医 族 矩 | |
112 | [石] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | shí | いし | stone | 499 | 石 岩 砂 破 碑 碧 | |
113 | [示 (礻)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | shì | しめす | sign | 213 | 示 礼 社 奈 神 祭 視 禁 福 | |
114 | [禸] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | róu | うのあし | track | 12 | 禹 禺 禽 | |
115 | [禾] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | hé | のぎ | grain | 431 | 利 私 季 和 科 香 秦 穀 | |
116 | [穴] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | xué | あな | cave | 298 | 空 突 窅 窘 窩 窶 竇 | |
117 | [立] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 5 | lì | たつ | stand, erect | 101 | 立 音 産 翌 意 新 端 親 競 | |
118 | [竹 (⺮)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | zhú | たけ | bamboo | 953 | 竺 笑 第 等 簡 | |
119 | [米] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | mǐ | こめ | rice | 318 | 料 断 奥 糊 麟 | |
120 | [糸 (糹)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | mì | いと | silk | 823 | ⺰ | 系 級 紙 素 細 組 終 絵 紫 |
121 | [缶] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | fǒu | ほとぎ | jar | 77 | 缶 缸 窑 陶 | |
122 | [网 (罒,⺲,罓,⺳)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | wǎng | あみがしら | net | 163 | 買 罪 置 羅 | |
123 | [羊(⺶,⺷)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | yáng | ひつじ | sheep | 156 | 着 羚 翔 着 | |
124 | [羽] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | yǔ | はね | feather | 220 | 習 翀 翁 翔 | |
125 | [老 (耂)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | lǎo | おい | old | 22 | 耆孝耋 | |
126 | [而] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | ér | しかして | beard | 22 | 耎耐耑 | |
127 | [耒] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | lěi | らいすき | plow | 84 | 耔 耝 耨 耰 | |
128 | [耳] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | ěr | みみ | ear | 172 | 取 聞 職 叢 | |
129 | [聿 (⺻)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | yù | ふでづくり | brush | 19 | 律 書 建 | |
130 | [肉 (⺼)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | ròu | にく | meat | 674 | 肉 肖 股 胃 腅 脤 | |
131 | [臣] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | chén | しん | minister, official | 16 | 臥 宦 蔵 | |
132 | [自] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | zì | みずから | self | 34 | 自 臫 臬 臲 | |
133 | [至] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | zhì | いたる | arrive | 24 | 致 臸 臺 | |
134 | [臼] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | jiù | うす | mortar | 71 | 桕 舅 舂 鼠 插 | |
135 | [舌] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | shé | した | tongue | 31 | 乱 适 話 舍 | |
136 | [舛] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | chuǎn | ます | opposite | 10 | 舛 舜 舞 | |
137 | [舟] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | zhōu | ふね | boat | 197 | 航 船 艦 | |
138 | [艮] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | gēn | うしとら | stopping | 5 | 良 飲 很 | |
139 | [色] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | sè | いろ | colour, prettiness | 21 | 色 艴 艷 | |
140 | [艸 (艹)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | cǎo | くさ | grass | 1,902 | 共 花 英 苦 草 茶 落 幕 靴 鞄 薬 | |
141 | [虍] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | hū | とらかんむり | tiger | 114 | 虎 虐 彪 虒 | |
142 | [虫] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | chóng | むし | insect | 1,067 | 蚯 蚓 強 触 蟻 蟹 | |
143 | [血] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | xuè | ち | blood | 60 | 洫 衁 衅 衆 | |
144 | [行] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | xíng | ぎょう | go, do | 53 | 行 衍 術 衝 | |
145 | [衣 (衤)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | yī | ころも | clothes | 607 | 衣 初 被 装 裁 複 | |
146 | [西(襾,覀)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 6 | yà | にし | west | 29 | 西 要 覊 | |
147 | 見 | 7 | jiàn | みる | see | 161 | 见 | 規 親 覺 觀 |
148 | [角] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | jiǎo | つの | horn | 158 | 觚 解 觕 觥 觸 | |
149 | 言 (訁) | 7 | yán | ことば | speech | 861 | 讠 | 誁 詋 詔 評 詗 詥 試 詧 |
150 | [谷] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | gǔ | たに | valley | 54 | 谿 豀 谸 | |
151 | [豆] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | dòu | まめ | bean | 68 | 豈 豐 豎 | |
152 | [豕] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | shǐ | いのこ | pig | 148 | 豖 豚 象 | |
153 | [豸] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | zhì | むじな | cat, badger | 140 | 豹 貌 貓 貈 貉 | |
154 | 貝 | 7 | bèi | かい | shell | 277 | 贝 | 財 賊 賜 贛 貧 貨 貫 貿 |
155 | [赤] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | chì | あか | red, bare | 31 | 赫 赭 | |
156 | [走 (赱)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | zǒu | はしる | run | 285 | 赴 起 超 | |
157 | [足(⻊)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | zú | あし | foot | 580 | 跑 跨 跟 跪 路 | |
158 | [身] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | shēn | み | body | 97 | 躬 躲 軀 | |
159 | 車 | 7 | chē | くるま | cart, car | 361 | 车 | 軌 軟 較 軍 載 |
160 | [辛] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | xīn | からい | bitter | 36 | 辜 辟 辣 辦 辨 | |
161 | [辰] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | chén | しんのたつ | morning | 15 | 辱 農 | |
162 | [辵 (辶⻌⻍)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | chuò / zouzhi | しんにゅう | walk | 381 | 巡 迎 通 追 逃 辶 迎 進 | |
163 | [邑 (阝)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | yì | むら | town (阝 right) | 350 | 那 邦 郎 部 郭 都 鄉 | |
164 | [酉] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | yǒu | ひよみのとり | wine, alcohol | 290 | 醉 酱 油 醒 酸 | |
165 | [釆] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | biàn | のごめ | divide, distinguish, choose | 14 | 釉 釋 | |
166 | [里] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 7 | lǐ | さと | village, mile | 14 | 野 野 | |
167 | [金 (釒)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | jīn | かね | metal, gold | 806 | 钅 | 銀 銅 釘 銳 鋞 鋙 鉒 鉍 鉗 鈡 鈠 |
168 | [長, 镸] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | cháng | ながい | long, grow | 55 | 长 | 镸 镽 |
169 | 門 | 8 | mén | もん | gate | 246 | 门 | 間 閑 關 闘 閉 開 閏 間 關 |
170 | [阜 (阝)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | fù | ぎふのふ | mound, dam (阝 left) | 348 | 阪 防 阻 陆 陘 院 险 陳 | |
171 | [隶] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | lì | れいづくり | slave, capture | 12 | 隸 隺 | |
172 | [隹] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | zhuī | ふるとり | small bird | 233 | 雀 集 雁 难 雀 雅 | |
173 | [雨] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | yǔ | あめ | rain | 298 | 雾 霜 雪 霸 雪 雲 霧 | |
174 | [青, 靑] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | qīng | あう | blue | 17 | 靕 靖 靜 | |
175 | [非] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 8 | fēi | あらず | wrong | 25 | 靠 靠 靟 | |
176 | [面, (靣)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | miàn | めん | face | 66 | 靦 靨 | |
177 | [革] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | gé | かくのかわ | leather, rawhide | 305 | 靴 鞍 鞅 鞍 鞭 | |
178 | [韋] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | wéi | なめしがわ | tanned leather | 100 | 韦 | 韋 韓 韜 |
179 | [韭] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | jiǔ | にら | leek | 20 | 韱 韲 | |
180 | [音] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | yīn | おと | sound | 43 | 韶 韻 韾 | |
181 | [頁] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | yè | おおがい | leaf | 372 | 页 | 頃 項 順 須 領 頭 頩 頂 |
182 | [風] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | fēng | かぜ | wind | 182 | 风 | 颱 飄 颿 颩 颪 |
183 | [飛] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | fēi | とぶ | fly | 92 | 飞 | 飜 飝 |
184 | [食, (飠)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | shí | しよく | eat, food | 403 | 饣 | 飯 飲 餓 餘 餐 養 |
185 | [首] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | shǒu | くび | head | 20 | 馗 馘 | |
186 | [香] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 9 | xiāng | においこう | fragrant | 37 | 馨 馫 | |
187 | [馬] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | mǎ | うま | horse | 472 | 马 | 馮 馴 馳 駐 驚 |
188 | [骨] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | gǔ | ほね | bone | 185 | 骼 髒 髀 骿 骾 | |
189 | [高, (髙)] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | gāo | たかい | tall, high | 34 | 髚 髛 | |
190 | [髟] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | biāo | かみがしら | long hair | 243 | 髮 鬚 鬆 鬍 髦 | |
191 | [鬥] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | dòu | とうがまえ | fight | 23 | 鬧 鬪 | |
192 | [鬯] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | chàng | ちよう | herbs, sacrificial wine | 8 | 鬰 鬱 | |
193 | [鬲] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | lì | かく | tripod, cauldron | 73 | 鬶 鬷 鬸 | |
194 | [鬼] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 10 | guǐ | おに | ghost, demon | 141 | 魂 魁 鬽 魄 | |
195 | [魚] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 11 | yú | うお | fish | 571 | 鱼 | 鯉 鮑 魛 魜 魝 魞 魟 魠 |
196 | [鳥] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 11 | niǎo | とり | bird | 750 | 鸟 | 鳫 鳮 鳱 鳳 鳴 鳿 雞 鳴 鴻 鴛 |
197 | [鹵] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 11 | lǔ | ろ | salt | 44 | 卤 | 鹹 鹼 鹽 |
198 | [鹿] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 11 | lù | しか | deer | 104 | 塵 麃 麋 麉 麟 | |
199 | [麥] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 11 | mài | むぎ | wheat | 131 | 麦 | 麴 麵 麱 麨 麺 |
200 | [麻] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 11 | má | あさ | hemp, flax | 34 | 麼 魔 | |
201 | [黃] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 12 | huáng | きいろ | yellow | 42 | 黊 黌 | |
202 | [黍] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 12 | shǔ | きび | millet | 46 | 黏 黎 | |
203 | [黑] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 12 | hēi | くろ | black | 172 | 點 黛 黱 黨 | |
204 | [黹] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 12 | zhǐ | ふつ | embroidery, needlework | 8 | 黼 黻 | |
205 | [黽] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 13 | mǐn | べん | frog, amphibian | 40 | 黾 | 鼈 黿 鼆 |
206 | [鼎] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 13 | dǐng | かなえ | tripod | 14 | 鼏 鼒 | |
207 | [鼓] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 13 | gǔ | つづみ | drum | 46 | 鼗 鼘 | |
208 | [鼠] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 13 | shǔ | ねずみ | rat, mouse | 92 | 鼢 鼣 鼤 | |
209 | [鼻] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 14 | bí | はな | nose | 49 | 鼼 鼽 鼿 | |
210 | [齊] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 14 | qí | せい | even, uniformly | 18 | 齐 | 齋 齏 齏 |
211 | [齒] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 15 | chǐ | は | tooth, molar | 162 | 齿 | 齡 齠 齗 |
212 | [龍] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 16 | lóng | りゅう | dragon | 14 | 龙 | 龖 龘 |
213 | [龜] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 16 | guī | かめ | turtle, tortoise | 24 | 龟 | [龝] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) |
214 | [龠] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: zh-Han (help) | 17 | yuè | やく | flute | 19 | 龣 龤 |
See also
- List of Kangxi radicals
- List of Shuowen Jiezi radicals
- List of Unicode radicals
- List of Xinhua Zidian radicals
- Stroke (CJK character)
- Chinese character description languages
References
- ^ Boltz, William G. (1994; revised 2003). The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System. American Oriental Series, vol. 78. American Oriental Society, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. ISBN 0-940490-18-8.
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(help) - ^ Wieger S.J., Dr. L. (1927). Chinese Characters: Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification. A Thorough Study from Chinese Documents. Translated from the French original ca. 1915 by L. Davrout, S.J., orig. Catholic Mission Press; reprinted in US – Dover; Taiwan – Lucky Book Co. ISBN 0-486-21321-8. p. 14-15
- ^ Chinese huìyì (會意); also termed compound indicative, or logical aggregate
- ^ Some of the oracle bone script graphs of this character show File:Chinese character 采 cai3 pick Oracle Bone form.gif a hand plus a tree with small items on it, which are variously interpreted as fruits (Wú, T.L. 1990, p.200; & Luó Zhènyù 1958, p.177, cited in Wú) or leaves (Prof. Woon 1987, p.112; & Prof. Lǐ Xiàodìng 1970, v.6, pp.2005–13, cited in Woon) being picked; the items were eliminated in simplified forms in bronze inscriptions, leaving only the tree
- ^ e.g., Prof. Boltz (2003 & 1994), pp. 67–8, who writes: “Because such determinatives came later to constitute a basis for lexicographic classification they are sometimes also called semantic classifiers. In modern parlance they are often inaccurately called “radicals”. Given that they are, without exception, secondary accretions to an original graph, they are precisely not radicals, i.e., they do not reflect in any way the “root: or “core” of the graph.”
- ^ Woon (1987) p.147–8
- ^ Boltz (1994 & 2003), pp.67–8, for instance, uses the term determinative here, specifically for the later-added semantic components
- ^ Norman (1988), p.68
- ^ Woon 1987, p.291 gives an extensive list of the various translations of 義符 yìfú: semantic element, radical, determinative, signific, signifying part, significant, significant part, semantic part, meaning element, meaning part, sense-indicator, radical-determinative, lexical morpheme symbol, ideographic element, and logographic part. Among these, ‘radical’ and ‘ideographic’ have both been strenuously objected to as misleading.
- ^ When an etymon (original ‘root’ form of a graph, such as 采 cǎi ‘to pick’, in 採 cǎi ‘to pick’) is analyzed alongside the remaining element(s), it cannot be said to be playing only a phonetic role. For instance, operating under the two misconceptions that a) all characters have exactly one semantic and one phonetic part, and b) each part can only play one role, many would mistakenly dissect 採 as comprising 扌 shǒu ‘hand’ semantic and 采 cǎi phonetic. However, being the original graph, it must necessarily impart its original semantic meaning (showing as it does a hand picking from a tree) as well as its sound. In the case of 陷 xiàn ‘pit trap; fall into’, for instance, 段玉裁 Duàn Yùcái notes in his annotation of Shuōwén Jiézì (v.14, p.732) that the Dà Xú 大徐 edition acknowledges that
plays the dual roles of phonetic and semantic in 陷, stating “从阝, 从
,
亦聲”.
- ^ Boltz 1994 & 2003, for instance, uses this translation of “classifiers” for 部首 bùshǒu (p.68), explicitly rejecting ‘radical’ due to its connotation of “root” or “core”
- ^ Wieger 1927 p.14 uses the terms “keys of the dictionary” and “the 214 keys of K’ang-hsi” for 部首 bùshǒu, reserving the term ‘radical’ for any element (not just the root portion) bearing meaning. Note that Shuōwén had 540 such section headers.
- ^ E.g., Boltz 1994 & 2003
- ^ a b Prof. Woon (1987) p.148
- ^ Wú 1990, p.350
Further reading
- Boltz, William G. (1994; revised 2003). The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System. American Oriental Series, vol. 78. American Oriental Society, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. ISBN 0-940490-18-8
- Norman, Jerry (1988). Chinese. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 0521228093; 0521296536.
- Wieger, Dr. L., S.J. (1927) Chinese Characters: Their Origin, Etymology, History, Classification and Signification. A Thorough Study from Chinese Documents. Translated from the French original ca. 1915 by L. Davrout, S.J., orig. Catholic Mission Press; reprinted in US – Dover; Taiwan – Lucky Book Co.. Dover paperback ISBN 0-486-21321-8
- Serruys, Paul L-M. (1984) "On the System of the Pu Shou 部首 in the Shuo-wen
chieh-tzu 說文解字", in 中央研究院歷史語言研究所集刊 Zhōngyāng Yánjiūyuàn Lìshǐ Yǔyán Yánjiūsuǒ Jíkān, v.55:4, pp. 651–754.
- Woon, Wee Lee (雲惟利, 1987). Chinese Writing: Its Origin and Evolution. (in English; Chinese title漢字的原始和演變). Originally publ. by the Univ. of East Asia, Macau (no ISBN); now available through Joint Publishing, jpchk@jointpublishing.com (be sure to provide Chinese author and title).
- Wú, Teresa L. (1990). The Origin and Dissemination of Chinese Characters (中國文字只起源與繁衍). Caves Books, Taipei ISBN 957-606-002-8
- Xǔ Shèn (許慎) Shuōwén Jǐezì (說文解字), is most often accessed in annotated versions, the most famous of which is段玉裁 Duàn Yùcái (Tuan Yu-tsai; 1815). 說文解字注 Shuōwén Jǐezì Zhù (commentary on the Shuōwén Jíezì), compiled 1776–1807, and still reproduced in facsimile by various publishers. The reproduction by天工書局 Tiāngōng Books (1998) in Taibei is useful because the seal characters are highlighted in red ink.
External links
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- Chinese Character Radicals List of Chinese Character Radicals
- 汉语大词典部首表 a list of radicals in the Hanyu Da Cidian