Radical 27 or radical cliff () meaning "
cliff" is one of the 23
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 total) composed of two
strokes.
In the ''
Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 129 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 7th indexing component in the ''
Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by
Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in
mainland China, with being its associated indexing component. Though the Chinese character shares the same form as the simplified form of (''chǎng'', variant: ) which means "factory", the two are historically irrelevant in terms of meanings.
Evolution
File:厂-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script
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character
File:厂-bronze.svg, Bronze script
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character
File:厂-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character
File:厂-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
Literature
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External links
Unihan Database - U+5382
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027
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