Radical 63 or radical door () meaning " door" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4

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 ...

. 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 44 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. , the ''

xin zixing The xin zixing () is a standardized form of Chinese character set in mainland China based on the 1964 "List of character forms of Common Chinese characters for Publishing" () as compared to ''jiu zixing'' (). The standard is based on regular script ...

'' (new character form) of , is the 97th 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 "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

. Since the difference between and is defined as a typeface difference rather than variant forms, no associated indexing component is listed under . is also the standard form in Hong Kong Traditional Chinese. In Japanese '' jōyō kanji'' (commonly used kanji), the radical is replaced with the ''

shinjitai are the simplified forms of kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Tōyō Kanji List in 1946. Some of the new forms found in ''shinjitai'' are also found in Simplified Chinese characters, but ''shinjitai'' is generally not as extensiv ...

'' (new) form , while the '' kyujitai'' (old) form as a component is used in ''

hyōgai kanji , also known as , is a term for Japanese kanji outside the two major lists of jōyō kanji, which are taught in primary and secondary school, and the jinmeiyō kanji, which are additional kanji that are officially allowed for use in personal nam ...

''.

Evolution

File:戶-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:戶-bronze.svg, Bronze script character File:戶-bigseal.svg,

Large seal script The large seal script or great seal script () is a traditional reference to Chinese writing from before the Qin dynasty (i.e. before 221 BCE), and is now popularly understood to refer narrowly to the writing of the Western and early Eastern Zhou ...

character File:戶-seal.svg, Small seal script character

Derived characters

Variant forms

This radical takes different forms in different languages or characters. Traditionally, both 戶 and 戸 were widely used in printing, while 户 was used only as a writing form. In the ''

'', was chosen as the standard form, which was then inherited by

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

Traditional Chinese A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays ...

and Korean

hanja Hanja (Hangul: ; Hanja: , ), alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters () used in the writing of Korean. Hanja was used as early as the Gojoseon period, the first ever Korean kingdom. (, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...

. In

, after the adoption of

simplified Chinese characters Simplified Chinese characters are standardized Chinese characters used in mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore, as prescribed by the ''Table of General Standard Chinese Characters''. Along with traditional Chinese characters, they are one o ...

and ''

'' (new character forms), , which used to be a handwriting form, became the standard ''xin zixing'' printing form. This change also applies to 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 ...

'' (national standard) Traditional Chinese which is used chiefly in printing Chinese classics. is also the standard form in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

's ''

List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters The List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters () is a list of 4762 commonly used Chinese characters and their standardized forms prescribed by the Hong Kong Education Bureau. The list is meant to be taught in primary and middle school ...

'', a non-mandatory standard of Hong Kong Traditional Chinese, though appears more frequently in daily use. Note that in both mainland China and Hong Kong, the left component of remains to be . In Japan, the radical in '' jōyō kanji'' (commonly used kanji, including ) are replaced with its ''

'' form , while in ''

'' (characters from outside the ''jōyō kanji'' table), the radical remains to be , causing an inconsistency. Both and could be used as the radical's names in Japanese dictionaries' indexes.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent

Chinese character Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanj ...

. It is one of the

Kyōiku kanji , also known as is a list of 1,026 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japanese Ministry of Education that prescribes which kanji, and which readin ...

or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a second grade kanji

References

Literature

* *

External links

Unihan Database - U+6236
{{Simplified Chinese radicals Kyōiku kanji 063 097