Radical 2
丨 | ||||
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丨 (U+4E28) "line, stick" | ||||
Pronunciations | ||||
Pinyin: | gǔn | |||
Bopomofo: | ㄍㄨㄣˇ | |||
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | goen | |||
Wade–Giles: | kun3 | |||
Cantonese Yale: | kwán | |||
Jyutping: | kwan2 | |||
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | khún | |||
Japanese Kana: | コン kon (on'yomi) ぼう bō (kun'yomi) | |||
Sino-Korean: | 곤 gonn | |||
Hán-Việt: | Cổn | |||
Names | ||||
Chinese name(s): | 豎/竖/竪 shù | |||
Japanese name(s): | 棒/ぼう bō (stick) 縦棒/たてぼう tatebō (vertical stick) | |||
Hangul: | 뚫을 tturheul | |||
Stroke order animation | ||||
Radical 2 or radical line (丨部) meaning "vertically connected"[1] is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 21 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
丨 is also the 2nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 亅 being its associated indexing component (used to be associated with 乛 prior to the new standard in 2009).
Evolution
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 丨 |
+1 | 丩 |
+2 | 个SC/variant (=個 -> 人) 丫 |
+3 | 中 丮 丯 丰SC/JP/丰TC (also SC/JP form of 豐 -> 豆) 书SC (=書 -> 曰) |
+4 | 丱 |
+6 | 串 |
+7 | 丳 |
+8 | 临SC (=臨 -> 臣) |
+9 | 丵 |
In calligraphy
The only stroke in radical line, known as 豎/竖/竪 shù "vertical", is called 努 nǔ in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi, Li (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.
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References
- ^ 《說文解字》:“丨,上下通也。” Shuowen Jiezi: "丨" means vertically connected.
External links
- Unihan Database - U+4E28
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- 211 齒
- 214 龠