Radical 128
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 128 | uni |
| meaning | ear |
| pny | ěr |
| bopo | ㄦˇ |
| gr | eel |
| wade | êrh3 |
| jyutping | ji5 |
| yale | yíh |
| cn | 耳字旁 ěrzìpáng |
| onyomi | ジ ji / ニ ni |
| kunyomi | みみ mimi |
| jp | 耳/みみ mimi |
| 耳偏/みみへん mimihen | |
| hang | 귀 gwi |
| hanja | 이 i |
| :: |
|128|uni=8033 |meaning= ear |pny= ěr |bopo= ㄦˇ |gr= eel |wade= êrh3 |jyutping= ji5 |yale= yíh |cn= 耳字旁 ěrzìpáng |onyomi= ジ ji / ニ ni |kunyomi= みみ mimi |jp= 耳/みみ mimi 耳偏/みみへん mimihen |hang= 귀 gwi |hanja= 이 i
Radical 128 or radical ear (耳部) meaning "ear" in English is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 172 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
耳 is also the 124th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:耳-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:耳-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:耳-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:耳-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 耳 |
| +1 | 耴 |
| +2 | 耵 |
| +3 | 耶 耷 |
| +4 | 耸SC (=聳) 耹 耺 耻SC (=恥) 耼 (=聃) 耽 耾 耿 聀 (=職) 聁 聂SC (=聶) |
| +5 | 聃 聄 聅 聆 聇 聈 聉 聊 聋SC (=聾) 职SC (=職) 聍SC (=聹) |
| +6 | 聎 聏 聐 聑 聒 聓 (=婿 - 女) 联SC (=聯) 聠 |
| +7 | 聕 聖 聗 聘 |
| +8 | 聙 聚 聛 聜 聝 聞 聟 聡JP (=聰) 聢 聣 |
| +9 | 聤 聥 聦 (=聰) 聧 聨 聩SC (=聵) 聪SC (=聰) 聫 (=聯) |
| +10 | 聬 聭 |
| +11 | 聯 聰 聱 聲 聳 |
| +12 | 聮 (=聯) 聴JP (=聽) 聵 聶 職 |
| +13 | 聸 |
| +14 | 聹 聺 聻 聼 (=聽) |
| +16 | 聽 聾 |
| :: |
Sinogram
Independently it is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.
References
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