Radical 89

Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 89 | uni |
| meaning | Trigrams |
| pny | yáo |
| bopo | ㄧㄠˊ |
| gr | yau |
| wade | yao2 |
| jyutping | ngaau4 |
| yale | ngàauh |
| poj | ngâu |
| onyomi | コウ kō |
| kunyomi | まじわる majiwaru |
| jp | 爻/こう kō |
| まじわる majiwaru | |
| hang | 점괘 jeomgwe |
| hanja | 효 hyo |
| :: |
|89|uni=723B |meaning=Trigrams |pny= yáo |bopo= ㄧㄠˊ |gr= yau |wade= yao2 |jyutping= ngaau4 |yale= ngàauh |poj= ngâu |cn= |onyomi= コウ kō |kunyomi= まじわる majiwaru |jp= 爻/こう kō まじわる majiwaru |hang= 점괘 jeomgwe |hanja= 효 hyo
Radical 89 or radical double x (爻部) meaning "trigrams" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 16 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
This radical does not exist in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:爻-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:爻-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:爻-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:爻-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 爻 |
| +5 | 爼 |
| +7 | 爽 |
| +10 | 爾 |
| :: |
Literature
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