Radical 120 or radical silk () meaning "
silk
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" is one of the 29
Kangxi radical
The 214 Kangxi radicals (), also known as the Zihui radicals, form a system of radicals () of Chinese characters.
The radicals are numbered in stroke count order. They are the most popular system of radicals for dictionaries that order Traditi ...
s (214 radicals in total) composed of 6
strokes
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.
In the ''
Kangxi Dictionary
The ''Kangxi Dictionary'' ( (Compendium of standard characters from the Kangxi period), published in 1716, was the most authoritative dictionary of Chinese characters from the 18th century through the early 20th. The Kangxi Emperor of the Qing d ...
'', there are 823 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this
radical
Radical may refer to:
Politics and ideology Politics
*Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change
*Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and ...
.
is also the 148th indexing component in the ''
Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components ''The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' () is a lexicographic tool used to order the Chinese characters in mainland China. The specification is also known as GF 0011-2009.
In China's normative documents, "radical" is defined as any ...
'' predominantly adopted by
Simplified Chinese
Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to:
Mathematics
Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example
* Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...
dictionaries published in
mainland China
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, with the left component forms (simp.) and (trad.) being its associated indexing components.
Evolution
File:糸-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script
Oracle bone script () is an ancient form of Chinese characters that were engraved on oracle bonesanimal bones or Turtle shell#Plastron, turtle plastrons used in pyromancy, pyromantic divination. Oracle bone script was used in the late 2nd millen ...
character
File:糸-bronze.svg, Bronze script
Chinese bronze inscriptions, also commonly referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, are writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on ritual bronzes such as ''zhōng'' bells and '' dǐng'' tripodal cauldrons from the Shang dynasty (2nd mi ...
character
File:糸-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 dynasty.
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character
Derived characters
(the simplified form of ) falls under
radical 1
Radical 1 or radical one () meaning "one" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 1 stroke.
In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 1st index ...
().
Variant forms
File:いとへん.png, Traditional printing form of as a left component
File:糹-order.gif, Preferred stroke order of the left component form in regular script
Regular script (; Hepburn: ''kaisho''), also called (), (''zhēnshū''), (''kǎitǐ'') and (''zhèngshū''), is the newest of the Chinese script styles (popularized from the Cao Wei dynasty c. 200 AD and maturing stylistically around the ...
File:纟-order.gif, Stroke order of the simplified form
This radical character takes different forms in different languages and characters.
In traditional typefaces, regardless of the position of the radical character, the two turning strokes are broken into two respectively to adapt to the carving of
movable type
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systems, and there is usually a gap between the second and the third strokes, and the middle stroke of the last three strokes is a vertical line and is written prior to the rest two strokes (middle-left-right). In actual handwriting, however, when the radical character is used as a left component, the last three strokes are more often written as dots from left to right () rather than middle-left-right, especially in
regular script
Regular script (; Hepburn: ''kaisho''), also called (), (''zhēnshū''), (''kǎitǐ'') and (''zhèngshū''), is the newest of the Chinese script styles (popularized from the Cao Wei dynasty c. 200 AD and maturing stylistically around the ...
.
Currently, when used independently or as a bottom component (as in , , etc.), the discontinuous turning strokes are merged into one, and a hook is added to the end of the vertical line to imitate the character's handwriting form in both printed
Simplified Chinese
Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to:
Mathematics
Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example
* Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...
and
Traditional Chinese
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. When used as a left component, it is simplified as in Simplified Chinese, which is derived from the
cursive form of . The standard printing form of the traditional left component form is also altered to imitate the handwriting form, and the last three strokes are also written left-to-right. In addition, in mainland China's
Guo Biao
The National Standards of the People's Republic of China (), coded as , are the standards issued by the Standardization Administration of China under the authorization of Article 10 of the Standardization Law of the People's Republic of China.
A ...
traditional Chinese characters, the first dot in the last three strokes of tilts to the left, while in Taiwan's
Standard Form of National Characters
The ''Standard Form of National Characters'' or the ''Standard Typefaces for Chinese Characters'' () is the standardized form of Chinese characters set by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
Lists
There are three lists o ...
, all three dots are written rightward. The more traditional typeface form is still widely used in Traditional Chinese publication
The traditional form remains standard in modern Japanese and Korean printing typefaces, while in handwriting, both forms are acceptable.
Literature
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External links
Unihan Database - U+7CF8
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*AD 148, a year in the 2nd century AD
*148 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*148 (album), an album by C418
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