Radical 178
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 178 | uni |
| meaning | tanned leather |
| pny | wéi |
| bopo | ㄨㄟˊ |
| wade | wei2 |
| jyutping | wai4, wai5 |
| yale | wai4 |
| cn | 韋字旁/韦字旁 wéizìpáng |
| onyomi | イ i |
| kunyomi | なめしがわ nameshigawa |
| jp | なめしがわ nameshigawa |
| hang | 다룸가죽 darumgajuk |
| hanja | 위 wi |
| hanviet | vi, vy |
| :: |
|178|uni=97CB |meaning= tanned leather |pny= wéi |bopo= ㄨㄟˊ |wade= wei2 |jyutping= wai4, wai5 |yale= wai4 |cn= 韋字旁/韦字旁 wéizìpáng |onyomi= イ i |kunyomi= なめしがわ nameshigawa |jp= なめしがわ nameshigawa |hang= 다룸가죽 darumgajuk |hanja= 위 wi |hanviet= vi, vy ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/韦-order.gif" caption="韦}}"] ::
Radical 178 or radical tanned leather (韋部) meaning "tanned leather" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 100 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
韦, the simplified form of 韋, is the 63rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, while the traditional form 韋 is listed as its associated indexing component.
Evolution
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Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters (韋) | Characters (韦) |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | 韋 | 韦SC (=韋) |
| +3 | 韌 | 韧SC (=韌) |
| +5 | 韍 韎 | 韨SC (=韍) |
| +6 | 韏 韐 韑 | |
| +7 | 韒 (=鞘 - 革) | |
| +8 | 韓 韔 韕 | 韩SC (=韓) |
| +9 | 韖 韗 韘 韙 韚 | 韪SC (=韙) 韫SC (=韞) |
| +10 | 韜 韝 韞 韟 | 韬SC (=韜) |
| +11 | 韛 韠 | |
| +12 | 韡 韢 | |
| +13 | 韣 | |
| +15 | 韤 (=襪 - 衣) 韥 | |
| :: |
Literature
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