Radical 98, also known as the radical tile () meaning "

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" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (out of a total of 214 radicals) and is composed of 5

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. In the ''

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,'' there are 174 characters (out of 49,030) listed under this radical. is also the 72nd indexing component in the ''

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,'' predominantly adopted by

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dictionaries published in

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. In the simplified form (''

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),'' the radical is modified and consists of only 4 strokes, instead of the traditional 5-stroke form.

Evolution

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character File:瓦-seal.svg, Small seal script character

Derived characters

Sinogram

瓦 is a Jōyō kanji, or a

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used in writing the

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. It is a secondary school kanji.

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