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Radical 176

Radical 176

Chinese character radical

Radical 176 or radical face (面部) meaning "face" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.

Quick Facts 面, Pronunciations ...

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 66 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

面 is also the 180th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

In Simplified Chinese, 面 is also used as the simplified form of 麵/麪 ("noodles" or "flour").

Evolution

Derived characters

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Further information: wikt:Appendix:Chinese radical/面

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a third grade kanji[2]



References

  1. [1]
    Oh Hyung Min. "Hanja History Trek - Chinese radical entries site". Retrieved 2011-04-07.
  2. [2]
    "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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