Radical 182 or radical wind () meaning "
wind
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" is one of the 11
Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9
strokes
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.
In the ''
Kangxi Dictionary
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'', there are 182 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this
radical.
In Taoist
cosmology
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, 風 (wind) is the nature component of the
Bagua
The bagua or pakua (八卦) are a set of eight symbols that originated in China, used in Taoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts. Each consists of three lines, each li ...
diagram Xùn.
, the simplified form of , is the 91st indexing component in the ''
Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components ''The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' () is a lexicographic tool used to order the Chinese characters in mainland China. The specification is also known as GF 0011-2009.
In China's normative documents, "radical" is defined as any ...
'' predominantly adopted by
Simplified Chinese
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Mathematics
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dictionaries published in
mainland China
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, while the traditional form is listed as its associated indexing component.
Evolution
File:風-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script
Oracle bone script () is an ancient form of Chinese characters that were engraved on oracle bonesanimal bones or Turtle shell#Plastron, turtle plastrons used in pyromancy, pyromantic divination. Oracle bone script was used in the late 2nd millen ...
character
File:風-bronze.svg, Bronze script character
File:風-bigseal.svg, Large seal script
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character
File:風-seal.svg, Small seal script character
Derived characters
Variant forms
In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'' and modern standard Traditional Chinese as used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau, the stroke above in the radical character is horizontal, while it is a left-falling stroke in other languages.
Literature
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External links
Unihan Database - U+98A8
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182
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