Radical 161
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 161 | uni |
| meaning | morning |
| pny | chén |
| bopo | ㄔㄣˊ |
| wade | ch'en2 |
| jyutping | san4 |
| yale | san4 |
| onyomi | シン shin |
| kunyomi | たつ tatsu |
| jp | しんのたつ shinnotatsu |
| hang | 별 byeol |
| hanja | 신 sin |
| hanviet | thần |
| :: |
|161|uni=8FB0 |meaning= morning |pny= chén |bopo= ㄔㄣˊ |wade= ch'en2 |jyutping= san4 |yale= san4 |cn= |onyomi= シン shin |kunyomi= たつ tatsu |jp= しんのたつ shinnotatsu |hang= 별 byeol |hanja= 신 sin |hanviet= thần
Radical 161 or radical morning (辰部) meaning "morning" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 15 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In Chinese astrology, 辰 represents the fifth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
辰 is also the 154th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:辰-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:辰-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:辰-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:辰-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 辰 |
| +3 | 辱 |
| +6 | 農 |
| +8 | 辳 (=農) |
| +12 | 辴 |
| :: |
Literature
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