Radical 31

Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| uni | 56D7 |
| meaning | enclosure |
| pny | wéi |
| bopo | ㄨㄟˊ |
| gr | wei |
| wade | wei2 |
| jyutping | wai4 |
| yale | wàih |
| poj | ûi |
| cn | 國字框/国字框 guózìkuàng |
| 大口框 dàkǒukuàng | |
| onyomi | イ i |
| kunyomi | かこ-む kako-mu |
| jp | 国構/くにがまえ kunigamae |
| hang | 에운담 eundam |
| hanja | 위 wi |
| hanviet | Vi |
| :: |
| uni = 56D7 | meaning = enclosure | pny = wéi | bopo = ㄨㄟˊ | gr = wei | wade = wei2 | jyutping = wai4 | yale = wàih | poj = ûi | cn = 國字框/国字框 guózìkuàng 大口框 dàkǒukuàng | onyomi = イ i | kunyomi = かこ-む kako-mu | jp = 国構/くにがまえ kunigamae | hang = 에운담 eundam | hanja = 위 wi | hanviet = Vi
Radical 31 or radical enclosure (囗部) meaning "enclosure" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 118 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
囗 is also the 38th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:囗-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:囗-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:囗-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:囗-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 囗 〇 |
| +2 | 囙 (=因) 囚 四 囜 |
| +3 | 囝 回 囟 因 囡 团SC (=團) 団JP (=團) |
| +4 | 囤 囥 囦 囧 囨 囩 囪 囫 囬 (=回) 园SC (=園) 囮 囯 (=國) 困 囱 囲JP (=圍) 図SC (=圖) 围SC (=圍) 囵SC (=圇) 囶 囷 囸 |
| +5 | 囹 固 囻 囼 国SC/JP (=國) 图SC (=圖) |
| +6 | 囿 圀 |
| +7 | 圁 圂 圃 圄 圅 (=函) 圆SC (=圓) |
| +8 | 圇 圈 圉 圊 國 |
| +9 | 圌 圍 圎 (=圓) 圏JP (=圈) 圐 |
| +10 | 圑 園 圓 圔 圕 |
| +11 | 圖 圗 (=圖) 團 圙 |
| +12 | 圚 |
| +13 | 圛 圜 |
| +19 | 圝 |
| +23 | 圞 |
| :: |
Literature
References
References
- The character 〇 (líng, 'zero'; xīng, 'star') is traditionally assigned to the 囗 radical, even though it does not contain any standard brush stroke.
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