Radical 214 meaning " flute" is the only one of the 214 Kangxi radicals that is composed of 17

strokes A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop funct ...

, making it the radical that requires the most strokes. 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 ...

there are 21 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 214

Literature

* *Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993,

External links

Unihan Database – U+9FA0
{{Kangxi Radicals 214