Radical 8
Appearance
亠 | ||
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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 | |
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without additional strokes | 亠 | |
1 additional stroke | 亡 | |
2 additional strokes | 六 卞 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 |
There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. In the Kangxi Dictionary and in Japanese, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line is used. In China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dash, or Radical 3, on top of the horizontal line is also used.
Kangxi Dictionary Japan Korea |
China Taiwan Hong Kong |
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亠 | 亠 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). 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
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See also
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