Radical 116
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 116 | uni |
| meaning | cave |
| pny | xué |
| bopo | ㄒㄩㄝˊ |
| wade | hsüeh2 |
| jyutping | jyut6 |
| yale | yut6 |
| cn | 穴寶蓋/穴宝盖 xuébǎogài |
| 穴字頭/穴字头 xuézìtóu | |
| onyomi | ケツ ketsu |
| kunyomi | あな ana |
| jp | 穴/あな ana |
| 穴冠/あなかんむり anakanmuri | |
| hang | 구멍 gumeong |
| hanja | 혈 hyeol |
| :: |
|116|uni=7A74 |meaning= cave |pny= xué |bopo= ㄒㄩㄝˊ |wade= hsüeh2 |jyutping= jyut6 |yale= yut6 |cn= 穴寶蓋/穴宝盖 xuébǎogài 穴字頭/穴字头 xuézìtóu |onyomi= ケツ ketsu |kunyomi= あな ana |jp= 穴/あな ana 穴冠/あなかんむり anakanmuri |hang= 구멍 gumeong |hanja= 혈 hyeol
Radical 116 or radical cave (穴部) meaning "cave" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 298 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
穴 is also the 117th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:穴-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:穴-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 穴 |
| +1 | 穵 |
| +2 | 究 穷SC (=窮) |
| +3 | 穸 穹 空 穻 |
| +4 | 穼 穽 (=阱 - 阜) 穾 穿 窀 突 窂 (=牢 - 牛) 窃SC (=竊) |
| +5 | 窄 窅 窆 窇 窈 窉 窊 窋 窌 窍SC (=竅) 窎SC (=窵) |
| +6 | 窏 窐 窑SC (=窯) 窒 窓JP (=窗) 窔 窕 |
| +7 | 窖 窗 窘 窙 窚 窛 窜SC (=竄) 窝SC (=窩) |
| +8 | 窞 窟 窠 窡 窢 窣 窤 窥SC (=窺) 窦SC (=竇) 窧 |
| +9 | 窨 窩 窪 窫 窬 窭SC (=窶) |
| +10 | 窮 窯 窰 (=窯) 窱 窲 窳 窴 |
| +11 | 窵 窶 窷 窸 窹 窺 窻 (=窗) 窼 窽 |
| +12 | 窾 窿 竀 竁 竂 (=寮 - 宀) 竃 (=灶 - 火) |
| +13 | 竄 竅 |
| +14 | 竆 (=窮) |
| +15 | 竇 |
| +16 | 竈 (=灶 - 火) 竉 |
| +17 | 竊 |
| :: |
Variant forms
This radical character takes different forms in different languages. In the Kangxi Dictionary, the first stroke is a vertical dot, and the last stroke of the radical character starts with a short horizontal line when appearing independently (穴), and becomes a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke ㇄ when used as an upper component, with an exception of 空 in which the radical's last stroke starts with a short horizontal line (穴+工). In Japanese and Korean hanja, when used as an upper component, the last stroke of the radical character is a vertical-curve-hook stroke ㇟. In Traditional Chinese used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, its last stroke is a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke ㇄. In Mainland China's xin zixing, it is a rightward dot.
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| Traditional Chinese | Simplified Chinese | Japanese | Korean |
|---|---|---|---|
| 穴 空 | 穴 空 | 穴 空 | 穴 空 |
| :: |
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. It is a fifth grade kanji.
References
Literature
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