Radical 90 or radical half tree trunk () meaning "half of a
tree trunk" or "split
wood" is 1 of 34
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 4
strokes.
In the ''
Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 48 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 ...
.
In the ''
Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by
Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in
mainland China, is listed as the associated indexing component under the 45th principal indexing component . However, the character itself and as in some other characters (e.g. , , etc.) are not simplified. Similar inconsistency can also be found in Japanese ''
shinjitai''.
Evolution
File:爿-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script
Oracle bone script () is an ancient form of Chinese characters that were engraved on oracle bonesanimal bones or turtle plastrons used in pyromantic divination. Oracle bone script was used in the late 2nd millennium BC, and is the earliest kno ...
character
Derived characters
Literature
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External links
Unihan Database - U+723F
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