Radical 73
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 73 | uni |
| meaning | say |
| pny | yuē |
| bopo | ㄩㄝ |
| gr | iue |
| wade | yüeh1 |
| jyutping | joek6, jyut6 |
| yale | yeuhk, yuht |
| poj | oat |
| cn | 扁日頭/扁日头 biǎnrìtóu |
| onyomi | エツ etsu |
| kunyomi | いわ-く iwa-ku |
| jp | 平日/ひらび hirabi |
| 曰く/いわく iwaku | |
| hang | 가로되 garodwoe |
| hanja | 왈 wal |
| :: |
|73|uni=66F0 |meaning=say |pny= yuē |bopo= ㄩㄝ |gr= iue |wade= yüeh1 |jyutping= joek6, jyut6 |yale= yeuhk, yuht |poj= oat |cn= 扁日頭/扁日头 biǎnrìtóu |onyomi= エツ etsu |kunyomi= いわ-く iwa-ku |jp= 平日/ひらび hirabi 曰く/いわく iwaku |hang= 가로되 garodwoe |hanja= 왈 wal
Radical 73 or radical say (曰部) meaning "say" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 37 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, this radical is merged to radical sun (日) as an associated indexing component.
Evolution
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Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 曰 |
| +1 | 曱 |
| +2 | 曲 曳 |
| +3 | 更 曵 (=曳) |
| +4 | 曶 |
| +5 | 曷 |
| +6 | 書 曺KO (=曹) |
| +7 | 曹 曻 曼 曽JP (=曾) |
| +8 | 曾 替 最 朁 朂 |
| +9 | 會 |
| +10 | 朄 朅 |
| +12 | 朆 |
| +17 | 朇 |
| :: |
Literature
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