Radical 29
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 29 | uni |
| meaning | right hand |
| pny | yòu |
| bopo | ㄧㄡˋ |
| gr | yow |
| wade | yu4 |
| jyutping | jau6 |
| yale | yauh |
| poj | iū |
| cn | 又字旁 yòuzìpáng |
| onyomi | ユウ yū |
| kunyomi | また mata |
| jp | 又/また mata |
| hang | 또 tto |
| hanja | 우 u |
| :: |
|29|uni=53C8 |meaning=right hand |pny= yòu |bopo= ㄧㄡˋ |gr= yow |wade= yu4 |jyutping= jau6 |yale= yauh |poj= iū |cn=又字旁 yòuzìpáng |onyomi= ユウ yū |kunyomi= また mata |jp= 又/また mata |hang= 또 tto |hanja= 우 u
Radical 29 or radical again (又部) meaning "and", "again" or "right hand" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 91 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
又 is also the 24th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:又-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:又-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:又-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:又-seal.svg|Small seal script character
The radical character 又's ancient form is a pictogram of a right hand from which the modern Chinese character 右 (right) was derived. Though 又 (again) as a modern Chinese character no longer represents the meaning of "right", the implication of "hand" is preserved in some Chinese characters that fall under radical 29.
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 又 |
| +1 | 叉 |
| +2 | 及 友 双SC/JP (=雙 - 隹) 反 収JP (=收 - 攴) |
| +3 | 叏 叐 |
| +4 | 发SC (=發 - 癶 / 髮 - 髟) 叒 |
| +5 | 叓 |
| +6 | 叔 叕 取 受 变SC (=變 - 言) |
| +7 | 叙SC/JP/variant (=敘/敍 - 攴) 叚 叛 叜 叝 |
| +8 | 叞 叟 |
| +11 | 叠SC (=疊 - 田) |
| +14 | 叡 |
| +16 | 叢 |
| :: |
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram it is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language. It is a secondary school kanji.
References
Literature
References
- "Jōyō Kanji Hyō". Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.
- "KANJI-Link".
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