Radical 203
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 203 | uni |
| meaning | black |
| pny | hēi |
| bopo | ㄏㄟ |
| wade | hei1 |
| jyutping | haak1, hak1 |
| yale | haak1, hak1 |
| onyomi | コク koku |
| kunyomi | くろ kuro / くろ-い kuro-i |
| jp | 黒/くろ kuro |
| hang | 검을 geomeu |
| hanja | 흑 heuk |
| hanviet | hắc |
| :: |
|203|uni=9ED1 |meaning= black |pny= hēi |bopo= ㄏㄟ |wade= hei1 |jyutping= haak1, hak1 |yale= haak1, hak1 |cn= |onyomi= コク koku |kunyomi= くろ kuro / くろ-い kuro-i |jp= 黒/くろ kuro |hang= 검을 geomeu |hanja= 흑 heuk |hanviet= hắc
Radical 203 or radical black (黑部) meaning "black" is one of the 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 12 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 172 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
黑 is also the 196th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
This radical character is simplified as 黒 in Japanese jōyō kanji.
Evolution
File:黑-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:黑-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:黑-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:黑-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 黑 黒JP (=黑) |
| +3 | 墨SC/TC/KO/墨JP 黓 |
| +4 | 黔 黕 黖 黗 默 |
| +5 | 黚 黛 黜 黝 點 |
| +6 | 黟 黠 黡SC (=黶) |
| +7 | 黢 黣 |
| +8 | 黤 黥 黦 黧 黨 黩SC (=黷) 黪SC (=黲) |
| +9 | 黫 黬 黭 黮 黯 |
| +10 | 黰 黱 |
| +11 | 黲 黳 黴 |
| +13 | 黵 |
| +14 | 黶 |
| +15 | 黷 |
| +16 | 黸 |
| :: |
Literature
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