Radical 116 or radical cave () meaning "
cave" 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 in total) composed of 5
strokes.
In the ''
Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 298 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 117th indexing component in the ''
Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by
Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in
mainland China.
Evolution
File:ç©´-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character
File:ç©´-seal.svg, Small seal script
The small seal script (), or Qin script (, ''QÃnzhuà n''), 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
Variant forms
This radical character takes different forms in different languages. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', the first stroke is a vertical dot, and the last stroke of the radical character starts with a short horizontal line when appearing independently (), and becomes a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke when used as an upper component, with an exception of in which the radical's last stroke starts with a short horizontal line (). In Japanese and Korean hanja, when used as an upper component, the last stroke of the radical character is a vertical-curve-hook stroke . In Traditional Chinese used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, its last stroke is a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke . In Mainland China's ''
xin zixing'', it is a rightward dot.
Literature
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External links
Unihan Database - U+7A74
{{Simplified Chinese radicals
116 116 (''one hundred and sixteen'') may refer to:
*116 (number)
*AD 116
* 116 BC
* 116 (Devon and Cornwall) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, a military unit
* 116 (MBTA bus)
* 116 (New Jersey bus)
* 116 (hip hop group), a Christian hip hop collect ...
Simplified Chinese radicals, 117