Radical 121 or radical jar () meaning " jar" is one of the 29

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 6 strokes. In the '' Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 77 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 133rd indexing component in the '' Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. In Japanese, is the '' shinjitai'' form of , but the two characters are historically irrelevant.

Evolution

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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 File:缶-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:缶-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 ...

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Derived characters

Literature

External links

Unihan Database - U+7F36
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121 121 may refer to: * 121 (number), a natural number *AD 121, a year in the 2nd century AD * 121 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC * 121 (Eagle) Sqn * 121 (MBTA bus) * 121 (New Jersey bus) *Road 121, see list of highways numbered 121 *Russian cruiser ...

133 133 may refer to: *133 (number) * AD 133 *133 BC *133 (song) *133 (New Jersey bus) 133 may refer to: *133 (number) * AD 133 *133 BC *133 (song) 133 may refer to: *133 (number) *AD 133 *133 BC *133 (song) *133 (New Jersey bus) 133 may refer to: * ...