Radical 121
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 121 | uni |
| meaning | jar |
| pny | fǒu |
| bopo | ㄈㄡˇ |
| wade | fou3 |
| jyutping | fau2 |
| yale | fau2 |
| onyomi | フ fu / フウ fū |
| kunyomi | ほとぎ hotogi |
| jp | 缶 ほとぎ |
| (Left) 缶偏/ほとぎへん hotogihen | |
| 缶/かん kan | |
| hang | 장군 janggun |
| hanja | 부 bu |
| :: |
|121|uni=7F36 |meaning= jar |pny= fǒu |bopo= ㄈㄡˇ |wade= fou3 |jyutping= fau2 |yale= fau2 |cn= |onyomi= フ fu / フウ fū |kunyomi= ほとぎ hotogi |jp= 缶 ほとぎ (Left) 缶偏/ほとぎへん hotogihen 缶/かん kan |hang= 장군 janggun |hanja= 부 bu
Radical 121 or radical jar (缶部) meaning "jar" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 77 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
缶 is also the 133rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In Japanese, 缶 is the shinjitai form of 罐, but the two characters are historically irrelevant.
Evolution
File:缶-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:缶-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:缶-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 缶 |
| +2 | 缷 (=卸 - 卩) |
| +3 | 缸 |
| +4 | 缹 缺 缼 (=缺) |
| +5 | 缻 (=缶) 缽 |
| +6 | 缾 (=瓶 - 瓦) 缿 罀 |
| +8 | 罁 罂SC (=罌) |
| +10 | 罃 |
| +11 | 罄 罅 罆 |
| +12 | 罇 (=樽 - 木) 罈 罉 |
| +13 | 罊 罋 (=甕 - 瓦) |
| +14 | 罌 |
| +15 | 罍 |
| +16 | 罎 (=罈) 罏 |
| +18 | 罐 |
| :: |
Literature
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