阝 (
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 ...
163 & 170) is a character used in
Kangxi
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writing which serves as the combining form of two distinct
radical
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s, distinguished by whether it is on the left or right of a character. It is the combining form of
Radical 170 (
阜) when used on the left of a character, as in
阪, and of
Radical 163 (
邑) when used on the right of a character, as in
部.
In
Unicode, ⻖ (U+2ED6) is listed as CJK RADICAL MOUND TWO (meaning 阜 - left) and ⻏ (U+2ECF) is listed as CJK RADICAL CITY (meaning 邑 - right). Most, but not all, fonts render them as almost identical. 阝 (U+961D), listed as CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-961D,
is usually used to represent both.
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Kangxi radicals