Radical 40
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
|meaning=roof |pny= mián |bopo= ㄇㄧㄢˊ |gr= mian |wade= mien2 |jyutping= min4 |yale= mìhn |poj= biân |cn=寶蓋頭/宝盖头 bǎogàitóu |onyomi= ベン ben |jp= ウ冠/ウかんむり ukanmuri |hang= 집 jip 갓머리 ganmeori |hanja= 면 myeon
Radical 40 or radical roof (宀部) meaning "roof" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 246 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
宀 is also the 48th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:宀-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:宀-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:宀-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:宀-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 宀 |
| +2 | 宁 (als SC form of 寧) 宂 (=冗 - 冖) 它 宄 |
| +3 | 宅 宆 (=穹 - 穴) 宇 守 安 |
| +4 | 宊 宋 完 宍 (=肉 - 肉) 宎 宏 宐 宑 宒 |
| +5 | 宓 宔 宕 宖 宗 官 宙 定 宛 宜 宝SC/JP (=寶) 实SC (=實) 実JP (=實) 宠SC (=寵) 审SC (=審) |
| +6 | 客 宣 室 宥 宦 宨 宩 宪SC (=憲 - 心) 宫SC (=宮) |
| +7 | 宧 宬 宭 宮 宯 宰 宱 宲 害 宴 宵 家 宷 宸 容 宺 宻 (=密) 宼 (=寇) 宽 （SC, =寬) 宾SC (=賓) |
| +8 | 宿 寀 寁 寂 寃 (=冤 - 冖) 寄 寅 密 寇 寈 |
| +9 | 寊 寋 富 寍 寎 寏 寐 寑 寒 寓 寔 寕 (=寧) |
| +10 | 寖 寗 (=甯) 寘 (=置 - 网) 寙 寚 寛JP (=寬) 寜 (=寧) 寝SC/JP (=寢) |
| +11 | 寞 察 寠 寡 寢 寣 寤 寥 實 寧 寨 |
| +12 | 審 寪 寫 寬 寭 寮 |
| +13 | 寯 寰 |
| +14 | 寱 寲 |
| +16 | 寳 (=寶) 寴 寵 |
| +17 | 寶 |
| +18 | 寷 |
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Literature
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