Radical 155 or radical red (赤部) meaning "red" or "bare" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
| 赤 | ||
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| 赤 (U+8D64) "red, bare" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | chì | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄔˋ | |
| Wade–Giles: | ch'ih4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | chek3, chik3 | |
| Jyutping: | cek3, cik3 | |
| Japanese Kana: | セキ seki / シャク shaku (on'yomi) あか aka (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 적 jeok | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 赤/あか aka 赤偏/あかへん akahen | |
| Hangul: | 붉을 bulgeul | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 31 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
赤 is also the 151st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
edit| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 赤 |
| +4 | 赥 赦 赧 |
| +6 | 赨 赩 赪SC (=赬) |
| +7 | 赫 |
| +9 | 赬 赭 赮 |
| +10 | 赯 |
Sinogram
editThe radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature
edit- 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.
External links
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