Radical 154

Radical 154

Chinese character radical


Radical 154 or radical shell (貝部) meaning "shell" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 277 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

, The simplified form of , is the 76 indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form is listed as its associated indexing component.

Evolution

Derived characters

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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.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]



References

  1. "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.

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