Radical 74
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 74 | uni |
| meaning | moon, month |
| pny | yuè |
| bopo | ㄩㄝˋ |
| gr | yueh |
| wade | yüeh4 |
| jyutping | jyut6 |
| yale | yuht |
| poj | goa̍t |
| cn | (Left/right) 月字旁 yuèzìpáng |
| (Bottom) 月字底 yuèzìdǐ | |
| onyomi | ゲツ getsu / ガツ gatsu |
| kunyomi | つき tsuki |
| jp | 月/つき tsuki |
| 月偏/つきへん tsukihen | |
| hang | 달 dal |
| hanja | 월 wol |
| :: |
|74|uni=6708 |meaning=moon, month |pny= yuè |bopo= ㄩㄝˋ |gr= yueh |wade= yüeh4 |jyutping= jyut6 |yale= yuht |poj= goa̍t |cn= (Left/right) 月字旁 yuèzìpáng (Bottom) 月字底 yuèzìdǐ |onyomi= ゲツ getsu / ガツ gatsu |kunyomi= つき tsuki |jp= 月/つき tsuki 月偏/つきへん tsukihen |hang= 달 dal |hanja= 월 wol
Radical 74 or radical moon (月部) meaning "moon" or "month" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary. there are 69 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
月 is also the 88th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Character with the alternative form of Kangxi Radical 130 (⺼ "meat") is merged to this radical in Simplified Chinese, and no associated indexing component is left after the merger.
Evolution
File:月-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:月-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:月-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:月-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 月 |
| +2 | 有 |
| +4 | 朊 朋 朌 服 肭 |
| +5 | 朎 朏 朐 朑 胙 |
| +6 | 朒 朓 朔 朕 朗 朗 |
| +7 | 朖 朘 朙 (=明 - 日) 朚 望 |
| +8 | 朜 朝 朞 (=期) 期 朠SC/JP variant |
| +9 | 朠TC variant 朡 |
| +10 | 朢 (=望) |
| +11 | 膤 |
| +12 | 朣 朤 朥 |
| +13 | 朦SC/JP variant |
| +14 | 朦TC variant |
| +16 | 朧 |
| :: |
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.
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