Radical 196 or radical bird () meaning "

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" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 11

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. In the '' Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 750 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. (5 strokes), the simplified form of , is the 114th 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

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dictionaries published in

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, with listed as its associated indexing component. The simplified form is derived from the cursive script form of .

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 shell#Plastron, turtle plastrons used in pyromancy, pyromantic divination. Oracle bone script was used in the late 2nd millen ...

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Evolution

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