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List Of Kanji Radicals By Frequency
This is a simplified table of Japanese kanji visual components (graphemes) that does away with all the archaic forms found in the Japanese version of the Kangxi radicals. The 214 Kanji radicals are technically classifiers as they are not always etymologically correct, but since linguistics uses that word in the sense of " classifying" nouns (such as in counter words), dictionaries commonly call the kanji components radicals. As dictionaries have moved from textbooks to interactive screens, the term "radicals" seems to now be used for any kanji component used in a visual search. Most common radicals Table of kanji radicals Table key Position category: * へん (hen) - left ◧ - radical forms the left component of a kanji. * つくり (tsukuri) - right ◨ - radical forms the right component of a kanji. * かんむり (kanmuri) - top ⊤ - radical forms the top component of a kanji. * あし (ashi) - bottom ⊥ - radical forms the bottom component of a kanji. * かまえ (k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Writing System
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana. Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalised Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis. Almost all written Japanese sentences contain a mixture of kanji and kana. Because of this mixture of scripts, in addition to a large inventory of kanji characters, the Japanese writing system is considered to be one of the most complicated currently in use. Several thousand kanji characters are in regular use, which mostly originate from traditional Chinese characters. Others made in Japan are referred to as “Japanese kanji” ( ja, 和製漢字, wasei kanji, label=none; also known as “country’s kanji” ja, 国字, kokuji, label=none). Each character has an intrinsic meanin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 4
Radical 4 or radical slash () meaning "slash" or "bend" is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 33 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. It is highly similar to the Japanese katakana, no (), thus colloquially referred to as "no" in Japanese. is also the 4th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Evolution File:丿-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:丿-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters In calligraphy File:Yongzi Bafa 6.svg, The 6th principle stroke 掠 ''lüè'' as in 永 File:Yongzi Bafa 7.svg, The 7th principle stroke 啄 ''zhuó'' as in 永 The only left-falling stroke in Radical 4, known as ''piě'', is basic to Chinese calligraphy Chinese calligraphy is the writing of Chinese characters as an art form, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 13
Radical 13 or radical down box (), meaning upside-down box or wide, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 50 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 10th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Evolution File:冂-bronze.svg, Bronze script character File:冂-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:冂-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters Literature * *Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, * KangXi:page 128 character 30 * Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1506 * Dae Jaweon: page 289, character 9 * Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 96, character 13 External links Unihan data for U+5182 {{Simplified Chinese radicals 013 010 010 may refer to: * 10 (number) * 8 (number) in octal numeral no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 22
Radical 22 or radical right open box () meaning "box" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 64 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. In Traditional Chinese used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, radical 22 (right open box, ), whose two strokes share the same starting point, is slightly different from radical 23 (hiding enclosure, ), whose second stroke starts is a bit right to the starting point of the first stroke. In mainland China, the two radicals were unified as right open box , which then became the 8th indexing component in ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries, and the nuance between the two radicals no longer exists; No associated indexing component is left after the merger. This merger also applies to Traditional Chinese characters in China's GB character set. Radical 22 and radical 23 were also unifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 17
Radical 17 or radical open box () is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes. is also the 20th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. 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". Evolution File:凵-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script character File:凵-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:凵-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters The radical does not occur as a character on its own. In combination, it historically takes meanings such as "open mouth", "box", "frame", "hole" or "receptacle". Also derived from the radical are the Simplified Chinese characters including "to hit", without any historical connection to the radical. "deep, dark" is derived from radical 46 Radical 46 or radical mountain ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 15
Radical 15 or radical ice (), meaning ice, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 115 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 18th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Evolution File:仌-bronze.svg, Bronze script character File:仌-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character Note that in modern Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Japanese, radical ice in some characters (e.g. , ) is now written as two dots. Their original forms are retained in Korean hanja and some old Traditional Chinese typefaces (e.g. , ). Derived characters In both Unihan database and mainland China's standard,GB13000.1字符集汉字部首归部规范 ''Specification for Identifying Indexing Components of GB 13000.1 Chinese Characters Set'' the Simplified Chinese chara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 140
Radical 140 or radical grass () meaning "grass" is one of 29 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 6 strokes. It transforms into when appearing at the top of a character or component. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'' and in modern standard Traditional Chinese as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, (with two horizontal strokes) consists of four strokes, while in Simplified Chinese and modern Japanese, (with a continuous horizontal stroke) consists of three strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'' there are 1902 characters (out of 40,000) found under this radical, making it the most commonly used radical. , the upper component form of , is the 30th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while is listed as its associated indexing component. Evolution File:艸-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters Variant forms This radical cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 10
Radical 10 or radical legs (儿部) meaning "legs" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 52 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 14th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. In addition, this radical is commonly pronounced ''ér'' among Simplified Chinese users as is the simplified form of ''ér''. However, the meaning of as a radical is irrelevant to . Evolution File:儿-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script File:儿-bronze.svg, Bronze script File:儿-bigseal.svg, Large seal script File:儿-seal.svg, Small seal script The small seal script (), or Qin script (, ''Qínzhuàn''), is an archaic form of Chinese calligraphy. It was standardized and promulgated as a national standard by the government of Qin Shi Huang, the founder of the Chinese Qin dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 12
Radical 12 or radical eight (), meaning '' eight'' or ''all'', is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of two strokes. "八" is two bent lines that signal '' divide''. Eight is the single-digit number that can be divided by two the greatest number of times. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 44 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 11th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. is an associated indexing component affiliated to the principal component . Evolution File:八-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script character File:八-bronze.svg, Bronze script character File:八-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:八-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters Variant forms There is a design nuance in different printing typefaces for this radical. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'' and in Kore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 11
Radical 11 or radical enter () meaning "enter", "come in (to)", "join" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 28 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. In Simplified Chinese, this radical is affiliated to radical 9 (Radical man, ), and many Chinese characters formerly consisted of were adjusted and fell under radical man. While most Japanese dictionaries keep radical 11 as an independent radical, similar adjustments also happened in Japanese kanji simplification. Evolution 入-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script character 入-bronze.svg, Bronze script character 入-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character 入-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters Variant forms There is a design nuance in different printing typefaces for this radical. Traditionally, the second stroke starts with short horizontal line in printing typeface. In handwriting form, the right-falling stroke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 9
Radical 9 or radical man () meaning "person" is a Kangxi radicals. Of the 214 radicals, Radical 9 is one of 23 which are composed of 2 strokes. When appearing at the left side of a Chinese character, it usually transforms into . In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 794 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 12th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, and (formerly Radical 11), are affiliated to the principle indexing component . Evolution File:人-bronze-shang.svg, Shang bronze script character File:人-oracle.svg, Shang oracle bone script character File:人-bronze.svg, Western Zhou bronze script character File:人-bronze-warring.svg, Warring States bronze script character File:人-silk.svg, Chu slip script character of Warring States File:人-slip.svg, Qin slip script character of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radical 8
Radical 8 or radical lid (), whose meaning as an independent word is unknown, but is often interpreted to be a "lid" when used as a radical, is radical 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals and consists of two strokes. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 38 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 17th indexing component in the ''Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Evolution File:亠-seal.svg, Small Seal Script character Derived characters Variant forms There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. Traditionally, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line was used in printing, while a slanted dash is preferred in handwriting. The vertical dot form is used in the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', modern Japanese and Korean typefaces. In Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dot on top of the horizont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
