Radical 98
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 98 | uni |
| meaning | tile |
| pny | wǎ |
| bopo | ㄨㄚˇ |
| wade | wa3 |
| jyutping | ngaa5 |
| yale | ngáh |
| cn | 瓦字旁 wǎzìpáng |
| 瓦字底 wǎzìdǐ | |
| onyomi | ガ ga |
| kunyomi | かわら kawara |
| jp | 瓦/かわら kawara |
| hang | 기와 giwa |
| hanja | 와 wa |
| :: |
|98|uni=74E6 |meaning=tile |pny= wǎ |bopo= ㄨㄚˇ |wade= wa3 |jyutping= ngaa5 |yale= ngáh |cn= 瓦字旁 wǎzìpáng 瓦字底 wǎzìdǐ |onyomi= ガ ga |kunyomi= かわら kawara |jp= 瓦/かわら kawara |hang= 기와 giwa |hanja= 와 wa
Radical 98, also known as the radical tile (瓦部) meaning "tile" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (out of a total of 214 radicals) and is composed of 5 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 174 characters (out of 49,030) listed under this radical.
瓦 is also the 72nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components, predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. In the simplified form (xin zixing), the radical is modified and consists of only 4 strokes, instead of the traditional 5-stroke form.
Evolution
File:瓦-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character File:瓦-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 瓦 |
| +2 | 瓧 |
| +3 | 瓨 瓩 |
| +4 | 瓪 瓫 瓬 瓭 瓮 瓯 瓰 瓱 瓲 |
| +5 | 瓳 瓴 瓵 |
| +6 | 瓶 瓷 瓸 |
| +7 | 瓹 瓺 瓻 瓼 |
| +8 | 瓽 瓾 瓿 甀 甁 |
| +9 | 甂 甃 甄 甅 甆 |
| +10 | 甇 甈 甉 |
| +11 | 甊 甋 甌 甍 甎 甏 甐 甑 |
| +12 | 甒 |
| +13 | 甓 甔 甕 |
| +14 | 甖 |
| +16 | 甗 |
| :: |
Sinogram
瓦 is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language. It is a secondary school kanji.
References
Literature
References
- "Jōyō Kanji Hyō". Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan.
- "KANJI-Link".
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