Radical 160
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical|160"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| uni | 8F9B |
| meaning | bitter |
| pny | xīn |
| bopo | ㄒㄧㄣ |
| wade | hsin1 |
| jyutping | san1 |
| yale | san1 |
| cn | (Side) 辛字旁 xīnzìpáng |
| onyomi | シン shin |
| kunyomi | から-い kara-i / つら-い tsura-i |
| jp | 辛/からい karai |
| hang | 매울 maeul |
| hanja | 신 sin |
| hanviet | tân |
| :: |
| uni = 8F9B | meaning = bitter | pny = xīn | bopo = ㄒㄧㄣ | wade = hsin1 | jyutping = san1 | yale = san1 | cn = (Side) 辛字旁 xīnzìpáng (Bottom) 辛字底 xīnzìdǐ | onyomi = シン shin | kunyomi = から-い kara-i / つら-い tsura-i | jp = 辛/からい karai | hang = 매울 maeul | hanja = 신 sin | hanviet = tân
Radical 160 or radical bitter (辛部) meaning "bitter" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 36 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In the ancient Chinese cyclic character numeral system tiāngān, 辛 represents the eighth Celestial stem.
辛 is also the 167th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:辛-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:辛-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:辛-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 辛 |
| +5 | 辜 辝 (=辭) |
| +6 | 辞SC/JP (=辭) 辟 (also SC form of 闢 - 門) 辠 (=罪 - 网) |
| +7 | 辡 (=辯) 辢 (=辣) 辣 |
| +8 | 辤 (=辭) |
| +9 | 辥 辦 辧 (=辨) 辨 辩SC (=辯) 辪 |
| +10 | 辫SC (=辮) |
| +11 | 辬 (=斑 - 文) |
| +12 | 辭 |
| +13 | 辮 |
| +14 | 辯 |
| :: |
Literature
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