Radical 14
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 14 | uni |
| meaning | cover |
| pny | mì |
| bopo | ㄇ一ˋ |
| wade | mi4 |
| jyutping | mik6 |
| yale | mihk |
| poj | be̍k |
| cn | 禿寶蓋/秃宝盖 tūbǎogài |
| onyomi | ベキ beki |
| kanji | ワ冠/ワかんむり wakanmuri |
| 平冠/ひらかんむり hirakanmuri | |
| 冖冠/べきかんむり bekikanmuri | |
| hang | 덮을 deopeul |
| hanja | 멱 myeok |
| hanviet | mịch |
| :: |
|14|uni=5196 |meaning= cover |pny= mì |bopo= ㄇ一ˋ |wade= mi4 |jyutping= mik6 |yale= mihk |poj= be̍k |cn=禿寶蓋/秃宝盖 tūbǎogài |onyomi= ベキ beki |kanji= ワ冠/ワかんむり wakanmuri 平冠/ひらかんむり hirakanmuri 冖冠/べきかんむり bekikanmuri |hang= 덮을 deopeul |hanja= 멱 myeok |hanviet= mịch
Radical 14 or radical cover (冖部), meaning cover, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 30 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
冖 is also the 19th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:冖-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:冖-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:冖-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 冖 |
| +2 | 冗 冘 |
| +3 | 写SC/写JP (=寫 - 宀) 冚 |
| +4 | 农SC (=農 - 辰) |
| +5 | 军SC (=軍 - 車) 冝 (=宜 - 宀) |
| +6 | 冞 |
| +7 | 冟 (=適 - 辵) 冠 |
| +8 | 冡 冢 冣 冤 冥 冦 (=寇 - 宀) 冧 |
| +9 | 冨 (=富 - 宀) |
| +12 | 冩 (=寫 - 宀) |
| +14 | 冪 |
| :: |
Literature
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993,
- KangXi: page 130, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1565
- Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 302, character 14
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