Radical 168
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 168 | uni |
| meaning | long, grow |
| pny | cháng |
| bopo | ㄔㄤˊ |
| wade | ch'ang2 |
| jyutping | coeng4, zoeng2 |
| yale | cheung4, jeung2 |
| onyomi | チョウ chō / ジョウ jō |
| kunyomi | なが-い naga-i |
| jp | 長い/ながい nagai |
| hang | 길 gil |
| hanja | 장 jang |
| hanviet | trường, trưởng, tràng |
| :: |
|168|uni=9577 |meaning= long, grow |pny= cháng |bopo= ㄔㄤˊ |wade= ch'ang2 |jyutping= coeng4, zoeng2 |yale= cheung4, jeung2 |cn= |onyomi= チョウ chō / ジョウ jō |kunyomi= なが-い naga-i |jp= 長い/ながい nagai |hang= 길 gil |hanja= 장 jang |hanviet= trường, trưởng, tràng ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/长-order.gif" caption="长}}"] ::
Radical 168 or radical long (長部) meaning "long" or "grow" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 55 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
长, the simplified form of 長, is the 83rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with a variant form 镸 and the traditional form 長 listed as its associated indexing components.
Evolution
File:長-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:長-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:長-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 長 镸 长SC (=長) |
| +3 | 镹 |
| +4 | 镺 |
| +5 | 镻 |
| +8 | 镼 |
| +12 | 镽 |
| +14 | 镾 |
| :: |
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram 長 is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is taught in second grade.
References
References
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