Radical 53
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 53 | uni |
| meaning | house on cliff |
| pny | yǎn |
| bopo | ㄧㄢˇ |
| gr | yean |
| jyutping | jim2 |
| yale | yím |
| wade | yen3 |
| poj | iám |
| cn | 廣字頭/广字头 guǎngzìtóu |
| onyomi | ゲン gen |
| jp | 麻垂/まだれ madare |
| hang | 집 jip |
| hanja | 엄 eom |
| :: |
|53|uni=5E7F |meaning=house on cliff |pny= yǎn |bopo= ㄧㄢˇ |gr= yean |jyutping= jim2 |yale= yím |wade= yen3 |poj= iám |cn= 廣字頭/广字头 guǎngzìtóu |onyomi= ゲン gen |kunyomi= |jp= 麻垂/まだれ madare |hang= 집 jip |hanja= 엄 eom
Radical 53 or ** radical dotted cliff** (广部) meaning "house on cliff" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 15 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
广 is also the 46th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. In addition, this character is also the simplified form of 廣 guǎng, hence called 廣字頭/广字头 guǎngzìtóu chiefly by Simplified Chinese users.
Evolution
File:广-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:广-bigseal.svg|Large Seal Script Character File:广-seal.svg|Small Seal Script Character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 广 (also SC form of 廣) |
| +2 | 庀 庁JP (=廳) 庂 (=仄 - 人) 広JP (=廣) |
| +3 | 庄 (also SC from of 莊 - 艸) 庅 (=麼 - 麻) 庆SC (=慶 - 心) |
| +4 | 庇 庈 庉 床 庋 庌 庍 庎 序 庐SC (=廬) 庑SC (=廡) 庒 (=庄=莊 - 艸) 库SC (=庫) 应SC (=應 - 心) 庘 |
| +5 | 底 庖 店 庙SC (=廟) 庚 庛 府 庝 庞SC (=龐) 废SC (=廢) |
| +6 | 庠 庡 庢 庣 庤 庥 度 |
| +7 | 座 庨 庩 庪 庫 庬 庭 庮 庯 |
| +8 | 庰 庱 庲 庳 庴 庵 庶 康 庸 庹 庺 庻 (=庶) 庼SC (=廎) |
| +9 | 庽 (=寓 - 宀) 庾 庿 (=廟) 廀 廁 廂 廃JP (=廢) 廊 |
| +10 | 廅 廆 廇 廈 廉 廋 廌 |
| +11 | 廄 廍 廎 廏 (=廄) 廐 (=廄) 廑 廒 廓 廔 廕 廖 廗 廘 廣GB TC variant |
| +12 | 廙 廚 廛 廜 廝 廞 廟 廠 廡 廢 廣Traditional variant 廤 |
| +13 | 廥 廦 廧 廨 廩 廪SC (=廩) |
| +15 | 廫 |
| +16 | 廬 廭 龐 |
| +17 | 廮 廯 廰 (=廳) |
| +18 | 廱 |
| +19 | 廲 |
| +22 | 廳 |
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Literature
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