Radical 126 or radical and () meaning "" or "" 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 22 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 127 indexing component in the ''
Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by
Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in
mainland China.
Evolution
File:而-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
File:而-bronze.svg, Bronze script
Chinese bronze inscriptions, also commonly referred to as bronze script or bronzeware script, are writing in a variety of Chinese scripts on ritual bronzes such as ''zhōng'' bells and '' dǐng'' tripodal cauldrons from the Shang dynasty (2nd mi ...
character
File:而-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character
File:而-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
Derived characters
Further reading
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External links
Unihan Database - U+800C
{{Simplified Chinese radicals
126 126 may refer to:
*126 (number), a natural number
*AD 126, a year in the 2nd century AD
*126 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*126 film, a cartridge-based film format used in still photography
* 126 (New Jersey bus)
* 126 Artist-run Gallery
*Interst ...
127 127 may refer to:
*127 (number), a natural number
*AD 127, a year in the 2nd century AD
*127 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
*127 (band), an Iranian band
See also
*List of highways numbered 127
Route 127 or Highway 127 can refer to multiple roads ...