Radical 155
赤 | ||
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赤 (U+8D64) "red, bare" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | chì | |
Bopomofo: | ㄔˋ | |
Wade–Giles: | ch'ih4 | |
Cantonese Yale: | chek3, chik3 | |
Jyutping: | cek3, cik3 | |
Japanese Kana: | セキ seki / シャク shaku (on'yomi) あか aka (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 적 jeok | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | 赤/あか aka 赤偏/あかへん akahen | |
Hangul: | 붉을 bulgeul | |
Stroke order animation | ||
Radical 155 or radical red (赤部) meaning "red" or "bare" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 31 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
赤 is also the 151st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
- Oracle bone script character
- Bronze script character
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 赤 |
+4 | 赥 赦 赧 |
+6 | 赨 赩 赪SC (=赬) |
+7 | 赫 |
+9 | 赬 赭 赮 |
+10 | 赯 |
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
- ^ a b "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.