Radical 8
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::callout[type=note] Radical lid ::
|meaning=lid, head |pny= tóu (=頭/头) |bopo=ㄊㄡˊ |gr= tour |wade= tou2 |jyutping= tau4 |yale= tàuh |poj= thâu (col.) thô͘ (lit.) |cn= 點橫/点横 diǎnhéng 文字頭/文字头 wénzìtóu |onyomi= トウ tō |jp=鍋蓋/なべぶた nabebuta 卦算冠/けいさんかんむり kēsankanmuri |hang=돼지해머리 dwaejihaemeori |hanja=두 do |hanviet=đầu
Radical 8 or radical lid (亠部), whose meaning as an independent word is unknown, but is often interpreted to be a "lid" when used as a radical. Of the 214 Kangxi radicals, Radical 8 is one of 23 which are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 38 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
亠 is also the 17th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:亠-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 亠 (component only) |
| +1 | 亡 |
| +2 | 六 卞 亢 亣 |
| +4 | 交 亥 亦 产SC (=產 - 生) |
| +5 | 亨 亩SC (=畝 - 田) 亪 |
| +6 | 享 京 |
| +7 | 亭 亮 亯 亰 (=京) 亱 (=夜 - 夕) 亲SC (=親 - 見) |
| +8 | 亳 |
| +10 | 亴 亵SC (=褻 - 衣) |
| +11 | 亶 亷 (=廉 - 广) |
| +14 | 亸SC (=嚲 - 口) |
| +19 | 亹 |
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Variant forms
There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. Traditionally, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line was used in printing, while a slanted dash is preferred in handwriting.
The vertical dot form is used in the Kangxi Dictionary, modern Japanese and Korean typefaces. In Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dot on top of the horizontal line is the standard form, though the traditional form with a vertical dot is also widely used in Traditional Chinese typefaces and in some cases Simplified Chinese typefaces.
Both forms are acceptable in handwriting in each language.
::data[format=table] | Kangxi Dictionary Japan Korea | Mainland China Taiwan Hong Kong | |---|---| | 亠 | 亠 | ::
Literature
- Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993,
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