Radical 4
Kangxi radical
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::summary Kangxi radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 4 | uni |
| meaning | slash |
| pny | piě |
| bopo | ㄆ一ㄝˇ |
| wade | p'ieh3 |
| jyutping | pit3 |
| yale | pit |
| poj | phia̍t |
| cn | 撇 piě |
| hang | 삐침 ppichim |
| hanja | 별 byeol |
| onyomi | ヘツ hetsu |
| jp | ノ no |
| はらいぼう haraibō | |
| hanviet | phiệt |
| :: |
|4|uni=4E3F |meaning = slash |pny = piě |bopo = ㄆ一ㄝˇ |wade = p'ieh3 |jyutping = pit3 |yale = pit |poj = phia̍t |cn = 撇 piě |hang = 삐침 ppichim |hanja = 별 byeol |onyomi = ヘツ hetsu |jp = ノ no はらいぼう haraibō |hanviet = phiệt
Radical 4 or radical slash (丿部) meaning "slash" or "bend" is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 33 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
It is highly similar to the Japanese katakana, no (ノ), thus colloquially referred to as "no" in Japanese.
丿 is also the 4th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:丿-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:丿-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 丿 乀 乁 |
| +1 | 乂 乃 乄JP |
| +2 | 久 乆 (=久) 乇 么SC (= 麼 - 广) 义SC (=義 - 羊) 乊 之 乡SC (=鄉 - 邑) |
| +3 | 乌SC (=烏 - 火) 乏 |
| +4 | 乍 乎 乐SC (=樂 - 木) |
| +5 | 丢 眾 乒 乓 乔SC (=喬 - 口) |
| +6 | 乕 (=虎 - 虍) |
| +7 | 乖 |
| +8 | 乗JP (=乘) |
| +9 | 乘 |
| :: |
In calligraphy
File:Yongzi Bafa 6.svg|The 6th principle stroke 掠 lüè as in 永 File:Yongzi Bafa 7.svg|The 7th principle stroke 啄 zhuó as in 永 The only left-falling stroke in Radical 4, known as 撇 piě, is basic to Chinese calligraphy. It has two different forms, 掠 lüè and 啄 zhuó, in the eight principles of 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ).
Literature
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