radicals classical chinese

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001 y one; a horizontal stroke

002 gn a vertical stroke 003 zh a dot

004 pi a stroke curved to the left 005 y a bend stroke; the second of the

ten celestial stems (tiangan)

006 ju a hook 007 r two; two horizontal strokes 008 tu head, above 009 rn a man, a person 010 rn man, a person (at the bottom of a graph /

character)

011 r to enter 012 b eight 013 jing wilderness 014 m to cover 015 bng ice, cold 016 j a small table 017 kn a wide opened mouth 018 do a knife 019 l strength, force 020 bo to embrace 021 b spoon, ladle 022 fng square box 023 x round box 024 sh ten 025 b to make prognostications; divination 026 ji seal, stamp 027 hn cliff 028 s self, private 029 yu further, again 030 ku mouth, opening

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031 wi enclosure 032 t earth, soil 033 sh official, scholar 034 zh to arrive from behind; to overtakeNOTE: radical 34 is placed above

the other graphic component(s)

035 su to walk slowlyNOTE: radical 35 is placed underthe other component(s)

036 x evening 037 d big, large 038 n woman 039 z child, son; the first ofterrestrial

branches

040 min roof, cover 041 cn inch 042 xio small 043 wng broken or curved leg 044 sh corpse, body 045 ch sprout 046 shn mountain 047 chun river, stream 048 gng work 049 j self, own; the sixth ofcelestial

stems

050 jn towel, napkin 051 gn shield 052 yo small, young 053 yn house built at a slope 054 yn to walk a long distance

055 gngtwo hands; to hold somethingwith both hands

NOTE: radical 55 is placed under

the other component(s)

056 y to shoot 057 gng bow

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058 j pig head 059 shn hair, feather 060 ch to walk slowly; small step

Four-Stroke Radicals:

061 xn heart 062 g axe, halberd 063 h door 064 shu hand 065 zh branch 066 p whip 067 wn word, literature; cultured 068 du volume measure 069 jn axe; weight measure 070 fng square 071 w no; none; nothing 072 r sun

073 yu to speak, to say 074 yu moon 075 m wood, tree 076 qin to miss; gap 077 zh to stop 078

di evil, bad

079 sh halberd 080 w

do not (negative imperative)

(variant m = mother) 081 b side by side; to compare 082 mo hair, feather 083 sh clan 084 q air, breath 085 shu water

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086 hu fire 087 zhu

zhoclaw, hand

088 f father 089 yo strokes of trigrams and hexagrams in theBook

of Changes; to cross twice

090 qing bed 091 pin slice, piece 092 y tooth 093 ni cow, ox 094 qun dog

Five-Stroke Radicals:

095 xun black, dark 096 y jade 097 gu melon 098 w tile 099 gn sweet 100 shng to give birth; to live 101 yng to use 102 tin field 103 p roll (of cloth) 104 n illness; to be sick 105 b back to back 106 bi white 107 p leather, skin 108 mn vessel 109 m eye 110 mo spear 111 sh arrow 112 sh stone 113 sh to show; spirit; ancestor

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114 ru animal stamping the earth; animal footprint 115 h grain 116 xu hole 117 l to stand

Six-Stroke Radicals:

118 zh bamboo 119 m rice 120 m thread, fabricNOTE: sometimes pronouncedslike

(silk)

121 fu crock with a narrow opening 122 wng net 123 yng sheep, goat 124 y wings of a bird; feathers 125 lo old; aged; venerable 126 r and yet; but; nevertheless; and; also 127 li the wooden handle of a plough; plough; to

plough

128 r ear 129 y writing brush 130 ru flesh, meat 131 chn subject, vassal; minister 132 z nose; self; personal 133

zh to arrive; to reach; very

134 ji mortar (for husking rice) 135 sh tongue 136 chun chaotic; disorderly; to deviate from; to run

counter to

137 zhu boat, ship 138 gn one of the eight trigrams of theBook of

Changes; ruthless, merciless

139 s colour; a facial expression; sensuality

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140 co grass, straw, herb 141 h tigerNOTE: sometimes pronounced h like

(tiger)

142 hu insect; creeping animalNOTE: sometimes pronounced chnglike (insect)

143 xuxi

blood

144 xng to walk, to go on footNOTE: also readxng(conduct, behavious)and hng(row, line; business firm, company)

145 y clothing; dress; attire 146 y cover; to cover

Seven-Stroke Radicals:

147 jin to see 148 jio

juhorn; volume measure

149 yn to speak; word 150 g valley 151 du bean; kind of vessel 152 sh pig 153 zh small hairy animals 154 bi shells, cowry (also used as currency) 155 ch red 156 zu to walk; to run 157

z foot, leg,

158 shn body 159 ch cart 160 xn bitter; hard; the eighth of the ten celestial

stems

161 chn (early) morning; luck; the fifth of the twelveterrestrial branches

162 chu to stamp on (soil / earth); to go; to walk 163

ytown; village; countyNOTE: the variant appears only on the

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right hand side of the graph (do not confuse

with radical 170)

164 yu alcohol; jar; the tenth of twelve terrestrialbranches

165 bin to distinguish, to separate, to distinguishNOTE: is sometimes mistaken as ci (togather, to collect)

166 l hamlet; neighbourhood; linear measure,mile

Eight-Stroke Radicals:

167 jn gold; metal; money 168 chng long; length;NOTE: also pronounced zhng(senior; head or

leader; to grow)

169 mn door, gate; an opening

170 fa mount; a small hill;NOTE: the variant appears only on the lefthand side of the graph (do not confuse withradical 163)

171 di to reach 172 zhu short-tailed bird 173 y rain 174 qng green, blue, black; young, youth 175 fi negative: not, not to be, non-; fault, mistake, to

object, to refute

Nine-Stroke Radicals:

176 min face (of a person); surface 177 g skin, leather; hides stripped of hair; to

change, to reform

178 wi tanned leather; leather 179 ji variety of chives; scallion; leek 180 yn sound, voice, tone 181 y page (in books), sheet (of paper) 182 fng wind 183 fi to fly

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184 sh to eat; food 185 shu head 186 xing sweet-smelling, fragrant, aromatic

Ten-Stroke Radicals:

187 m horse 188 g bone 189 go high, tall, lofty 190 bio long hair 191 du to struggle; to fight 192 chng fragrant alcohol offered in the ancestral

temple

193 l type of caldron (with three hollow legs) 194 gu spirit, demon, ghost

Eleven-Stroke Radicals:

195 y fish 196 nio bird 197 l natural salt; saline soil; unrefined 198 l deer, stag, doe 199 mi wheat, barley, oats 200 m hemp, jute, sisal, flax

Twelve-Stroke Radicals:

201 hung yellow 202 sh (variety of) millet 203 hi black, dark 204 zh embroidery, needlework

Thirteen-Stroke Radicals:

205 mn (kind of) frog; to strive

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206 dng tripod (mainly of bronze with two ears); (three-legged) caldron or sacrificial vessel

207 g drum; to beat a drum 208 sh mouse, rat

Fourteen-Stroke Radicals:

209 b nose 210 q equal, uniform; to be on the same level

Fifteen-Stroke Radical:

211

ch teeth

Sixteen-Stroke Radicals:

212 lng dragon

213 gu tortoise, turtle

Seventeen-Stroke Radical:

214 yu kind of flute; measuring vessel

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