Radical 98, also known as the radical tile () meaning " tile" 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 (out of a total of 214 radicals) and is composed of 5 strokes. In the '' Kangxi Dictionary,'' there are 174 characters (out of 49,030) listed 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 72nd indexing component in the '' Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components,'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. In the simplified form ('' xin zixing),'' the radical is modified and consists of only 4 strokes, instead of the traditional 5-stroke form.

Evolution

File:瓦-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:瓦-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. Name ...

character

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瓦 is a

Jōyō kanji The is the guide to kanji characters and their readings, announced officially by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Current ''jōyō kanji'' are those on a list of 2,136 characters issued in 2010. It is a slightly modified version of the ''tō ...

, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language. It is a secondary school kanji.

Evolution

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