Radical 58 or radical snout (彐部) meaning "pig snout" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.
| 彐 | ||
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| 彐 (U+5F50) "pig snout" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | jì | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧˋ | |
| Wade–Giles: | chi4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gai | |
| Jyutping: | gai3 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | kī | |
| Japanese Kana: | ケイ kei (on'yomi) けいがしら keigashira (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 계 gye | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 雪字底 xuězìdǐ 尋字頭/寻字头 xúnzìtóu | |
| Japanese name(s): | 彑頭/けいがしら keigashira 豕頭/いのこがしら inokogashira | |
| Hangul: | 돼지머리 dwaeji meori | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 25 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
彐 is also the 50 indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, ⺕ and 彑, are affiliated to the principal indexing component 彐.
Evolution
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
edit| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 彐 彑 |
| +2 | 归SC(=歸 -> 止) |
| +3 | 当SC/JP(=當 -> 田) |
| +5 | 彔 录SC (= 錄 -> 金 / 彔) |
| +6 | 彖 |
| +7 | 兼 |
| +8 | 彗 |
| +9 | 彘 |
| +10 | 彙 彚 (=彙) |
| +13 | 彛 (=彝) 彜 (=彝) |
| +15 | 彝 彞 (=彝) |
| +19 | 彟SC (=彠) |
| +23 | 彠 |
Literature
edit- 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.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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