Radical 8

亠
Radical 8 (U+2F07)
亠 (U+4EA0) "lid, head"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	頭 tóu
Bopomofo:	ㄊㄡˊ
Wade–Giles:	t'ou2
Cantonese Yale:	tau4
Jyutping:	tau4
Japanese Kana:	なべぶた nabebuta
Sino-Korean:	두 do
Names
Japanese name(s):	鍋蓋 nabebuta
Hangul:	자의미상 jauimisang
Stroke order animation

Radical 8 meaning "lid" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 38 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 8

strokes	character
without additional strokes	亠
1 additional stroke	亡
2 additional strokes	亢 亣
4 additional strokes	交 亥 亦 产（簡軆）
5 additional strokes	亨 亩 亪
6 additional strokes	享 京
7 additional strokes	亭 亮 亯 亰 亱 亲
8 additional strokes	亳
10 additional strokes	亴 亵
11 additional strokes	亶 亷
14 additional strokes	亸（簡軆）
19 additional strokes	亹

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

• Unihan Database - U+4EA0