Radical 119
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 119 | uni |
| meaning | rice |
| pny | mǐ |
| bopo | ㄇㄧˇ |
| gr | mii |
| wade | mi3 |
| jyutping | mai5 |
| yale | máih |
| cn | (Left) 米字旁 mǐzìpáng |
| (Bottom) 米字底 mǐzìdǐ | |
| onyomi | ベイ bei / マイ mai |
| kunyomi | こめ kome |
| jp | 米/こめ kome |
| (Left) 米偏/こめへん komehen | |
| hang | 쌀 ssal |
| hanja | 미 mi |
| :: |
|119|uni=7C73 |meaning= rice |pny= mǐ |bopo= ㄇㄧˇ |gr= mii |wade= mi3 |jyutping= mai5 |yale= máih |cn= (Left) 米字旁 mǐzìpáng (Bottom) 米字底 mǐzìdǐ |onyomi= ベイ bei / マイ mai |kunyomi= こめ kome |jp= 米/こめ kome (Left) 米偏/こめへん komehen |hang= 쌀 ssal |hanja= 미 mi ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Stages_of_rice_milling.jpg" caption="Rice"] ::
Radical 119 or radical rice (米部) meaning "rice" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 318 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
米 is also the 144th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:米-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:米-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:米-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:米-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 米 |
| +2 | 籴SC (=糴) 籵 (=蹯 - 足) 籶 |
| +3 | 娄SC (=婁) 籷 籸 籹 籺 类SC (=類) 籼SC (=秈) 籽 籾 籿 粀 粁 粂 |
| +4 | 粃 (=秕 - 禾 / 紕 - 糸) 粄 粅 粆 粇 (=糠/粳) 粈 粉 粊 粋JP (=粹) 粌 粍 粎 粏 粐 粑 |
| +5 | 畨 (=翻 - 羽 / 番 - 田) 粒 粓 粔 粕 粖 粗 粘 粙 粚 粛JP (=肅 - 聿) 粜SC (=糶) 粝SC (=糲) 粣 |
| +6 | 粞 粟 粠 粡 粢 粤SC/JP (=粵) 粥 粦 粧 (=妝 - 女) 粨 粩 粪SC (=糞) 粫 粬 (=麴 - 麥) 粭 |
| +7 | 粮SC (=糧) 粯 粰 粱 粲 粳 粴 粵 糀 |
| +8 | 粶 粷 粸 粹 粺 (=稗 - 禾) 粻 粼 粽 精 粿 糁SC (=糝) |
| +9 | 糂 (=糝) 糃 糄 糅 糆 糇SC (=餱) 糈 糉 (=粽) 糊 糋 糌 糍 糎 |
| +10 | 糏 糐 糑 糒 糓 糔 糕 糖 糗 糘 |
| +11 | 糙 糚 糛 (=糖) 糜 糝 糞 糟 糠 糡 糢 糨 |
| +12 | 糣 糤 (=饊 - 食) 糥 糦 糧 |
| +13 | 糩 糪 糫 糬 糭 (=粽) |
| +14 | 糮 糯 糰 |
| +15 | 糲 |
| +16 | 糱 糳 糴 |
| +17 | 糵 (=糱) |
| +19 | 糶 |
| +21 | 糷 |
| :: |
Variant forms
This radical character has a different form in Taiwan Traditional Chinese to forms in the other writing systems.
Traditionally, the two diagonal strokes under the horizontal start from the central junction, and the last stroke is a right-falling press when the character appears independently, or a dot when used as a component. In Taiwan's Standard Form of National Characters, however, all four diagonal strokes are detached from other strokes, and the last stroke is replaced for a dot, whether used independently or as a component.
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| Traditional | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| 米 粒 | 米 粒 |
| :: |
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary schools in Japan. It is a second grade kanji.
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