Radical 97
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox Kangxi radical"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 97 | uni |
| meaning | melon |
| pny | guā |
| bopo | ㄍㄨㄚ |
| wade | kua1 |
| jyutping | gwaa1 |
| yale | gwā |
| cn | 瓜字旁 guāzìpáng |
| onyomi | カ ka |
| kunyomi | うり uri |
| jp | 瓜/うり uri |
| hang | 오이 oi |
| hanja | 과 gwa |
| :: |
|97|uni=74DC |meaning=melon |pny= guā |bopo= ㄍㄨㄚ |wade= kua1 |jyutping= gwaa1 |yale= gwā |cn= 瓜字旁 guāzìpáng |onyomi= カ ka |kunyomi= うり uri |jp= 瓜/うり uri |hang= 오이 oi |hanja= 과 gwa
Radical 97 or radical melon (瓜部) meaning "melon" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes (6 strokes in Japanese).
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 55 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
瓜 is also the 113th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:瓜-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:瓜-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 瓜 |
| +3 | 瓝 |
| +5 | 瓞 瓟 |
| +6 | 瓠 |
| +8 | 瓡 |
| +11 | 瓢 |
| +14 | 瓣 |
| +17 | 瓤 |
| +19 | 瓥 |
| :: |
Variant forms
There is a design nuance between the form of 瓜 in modern Japanese and in other languages. Traditionally, the character consists of five strokes. In Japanese kanji simplification, however, the third stroke (i.e. a vertical-horizontal turning stroke) was broken into two strokes, and 瓜 became a six-stroke radical character. This change also applies to hyōgai kanji.
::data[format=table] | Chinese (Mainland China) | Chinese (Taiwan) | Modern Japanese | |---|---|---| | 瓜 | 瓜 | 瓜 | | 瓞 | 瓞 | 瓞 | ::
Literature
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