Radical 79
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 79 | uni |
| meaning | weapon, lance |
| pny | shū |
| bopo | ㄕㄨ |
| wade | shu1 |
| jyutping | syu4 |
| yale | syùh |
| poj | sû |
| onyomi | シュ shu |
| kunyomi | ほこ hoko |
| jp | 殳/ほこ hoko |
| 殳旁/ほこづくり hokozukuri | |
| ル又/るまた rumata | |
| hang | 칠 chil |
| hanja | 수 su |
| :: |
|79|uni=6BB3 |meaning=weapon, lance |pny= shū |bopo= ㄕㄨ |wade= shu1 |jyutping= syu4 |yale= syùh |poj= sû |cn= |onyomi= シュ shu |kunyomi= ほこ hoko |jp= 殳/ほこ hoko 殳旁/ほこづくり hokozukuri ル又/るまた rumata |hang= 칠 chil |hanja= 수 su
Radical 79 or radical weapon (殳部) meaning "weapon" or "lance" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 93 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
殳 is also the 92nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
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Evolution
File:殳-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:殳-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:殳-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:殳-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 殳 |
| +5 | 殴SC/JP (=毆) 段 殶 |
| +6 | 殷 殸 殹 殺 |
| +7 | 殻JP/GB TC/variant (=殼) |
| +8 | 殼 殽 |
| +9 | 殾 殿 毀 毁SC (=毀) 毂SC (=轂 - 車) |
| +10 | 毃 毄 |
| +11 | 毅 毆 |
| +12 | 毇 毈 |
| +15 | 毉 |
| +19 | 毊 |
| :: |
Literature
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