Radical 63 or radical door () meaning "

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" is one of the 34

Kangxi radical The ''Kangxi'' radicals (), also known as ''Zihui'' radicals, are a set of 214 Chinese character radicals, radicals that were collated in the 18th-century ''Kangxi Dictionary'' to aid categorization of Chinese characters. They are primarily sor ...

s (214 radicals in total) composed of 4

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. In the ''

Kangxi Dictionary The ''Kangxi Dictionary'' () is a Chinese dictionary published in 1716 during the High Qing, considered from the time of its publishing until the early 20th century to be the most authoritative reference for written Chinese characters. Wanting ...

'', there are 44 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this

radical Radical (from Latin: ', root) may refer to: Politics and ideology Politics *Classical radicalism, the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and Latin America in the 19th century *Radical politics ...

. , the ''

xin zixing The ''xin zixing'' () are a set of Standard language, standardized Chinese character forms. It is based on the 1964 "List of character forms of Common Chinese characters for Publishing" () as compared to ''jiu zixing''. The standard is based on ...

'' (new character form) of , is the 97th indexing component in the ''

Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components ''The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' () is a lexicography, 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 ...

'' predominantly adopted by

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dictionaries published in

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. Since the difference between and is defined as a typeface difference rather than variant forms, no associated indexing component is listed under . is also the standard form in Hong Kong Traditional Chinese. In Japanese ''

jōyō kanji The are those kanji listed on the , officially announced by the Japanese Ministry of Education. The current List of jōyō kanji, list of 2,136 characters was issued in 2010. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, kanji, which ...

'' (commonly used kanji), the radical is replaced with the ''

shinjitai are the simplified forms of kanji used in Japan since the promulgation of the Tōyō Kanji List in 1946. Some of the new forms found in ''shinjitai'' are also found in simplified Chinese characters, but ''shinjitai'' is generally not as exten ...

'' (new) form , while the '' kyujitai'' (old) form as a component is used in ''

hyōgai kanji , also known as , is a term for Japanese kanji outside the two major lists of kanji, which are taught in primary and secondary school, and the kanji, which are additional kanji that are officially allowed for use in personal names. The term ...

''.

Evolution

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Oracle bone script Oracle bone script is the oldest attested form of written Chinese, dating to the late 2nd millennium BC. Inscriptions were made by carving characters into oracle bones, usually either the shoulder bones of oxen or the plastrons of turtl ...

character File:戶-bronze.svg,

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Large seal script The term large seal script traditionally refers to written Chinese dating from before the Qin dynasty—now used either narrowly to the writing of the Western and early Eastern Zhou dynasty (403 BCE), or more broadly to also include the ...

character File:戶-seal.svg,

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character

Derived characters

Variant forms

This radical takes different forms in different languages or characters. Traditionally, both 戶 and 戸 were widely used in printing, while 户 was used only as a writing form. In the ''

'', was chosen as the standard form, which was then inherited by

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and Korean

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. In

, after the adoption of

simplified Chinese characters Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized Chinese characters, character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters. Their mass standardization during the 20th century was part of ...

and ''

'' (new character forms), , which used to be a handwriting form, became the standard ''xin zixing'' printing form. This change also applies to China's '' Guo Biao'' (national standard) Traditional Chinese which is used chiefly in printing Chinese classics. is also the standard form in

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's ''

List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters The ''List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters'' () is a list of 4762 commonly used Chinese characters and their standardized forms prescribed by the Hong Kong Education Bureau. The list is meant to be taught in primary and middl ...

'', a non-mandatory standard of Hong Kong Traditional Chinese, though appears more frequently in daily use. Note that in both mainland China and Hong Kong, the left component of remains to be . In Japan, the radical in ''

'' (commonly used kanji, including ) are replaced with its ''

'' form , while in ''

'' (characters from outside the ''jōyō kanji'' table), the radical remains to be , causing an inconsistency. Both and could be used as the radical's names in Japanese dictionaries' indexes.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent

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. It is one of the

kyōiku kanji The are kanji which Japanese elementary school students should learn from first through sixth grade. Also known as , these kanji are listed on the . The table is developed and maintained by the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT). Although t ...

or kanji taught in elementary school in

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. It is a second grade kanji.

References

Literature

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External links

Unihan Database - U+6236
{{Simplified Chinese radicals Kyōiku kanji 063 097