Radical 90
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 90 | uni |
| meaning | half of tree trunk |
| pny | qiáng |
| bopo | ㄑㄧㄤˊ |
| wade | ch'iang2 |
| jyutping | coeng4 |
| yale | chèuhng |
| poj | chiông |
| onyomi | ショウ shō |
| kunyomi | だい dai |
| jp | 爿偏/しょうへん shōhen |
| hang | 조각널 jogak neol |
| hanja | 장 jang |
| :: |
|90|uni=723F |meaning=half of tree trunk |pny= qiáng |bopo= ㄑㄧㄤˊ |wade= ch'iang2 |jyutping= coeng4 |yale= chèuhng |poj= chiông |cn= |onyomi= ショウ shō |kunyomi= だい dai |jp= 爿偏/しょうへん shōhen |hang= 조각널 jogak neol |hanja= 장 jang
Radical 90 or radical half tree trunk (爿部) meaning "half of a tree trunk" or "split wood" is 1 of 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 48 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, 爿 is listed as the associated indexing component under the 45th principal indexing component 丬. However, the character 爿 itself and 爿 as in some other characters (e.g. 戕, 寐, etc.) are not simplified. Similar inconsistency can also be found in Japanese shinjitai.
Evolution
File:爿-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 爿 丬Component only |
| +4 | 牀 |
| +5 | 牁 |
| +6 | 牂 |
| +9 | 牃 |
| +10 | 牄 |
| +11 | 牅 |
| +13 | 牆 |
| :: |
Literature
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