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Radical 121 
Summary
Radical 121 or radical jar (缶部) meaning "jar" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 缶 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 缶 (U+7F36) "jar" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | fǒu | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄈㄡˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | fou3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | fau2 | |
| Jyutping: | fau2 | |
| Japanese Kana: | フ fu / フウ fū (on'yomi) ほとぎ hotogi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 부 bu | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 缶 ほとぎ (Left) 缶偏/ほとぎへん hotogihen 缶/かん kan | |
| Hangul: | 장군 janggun | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 77 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
缶 is also the 133rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In Japanese, 缶 is the shinjitai form of 罐, but the two characters are historically irrelevant.
Evolution edit
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Oracle bone script character -
Large seal script character -
Small seal script character
Derived characters edit
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 缶 |
| +2 | 缷 (=卸 -> 卩) |
| +3 | 缸 |
| +4 | 缹 缺 缼 (=缺) |
| +5 | 缻 (=缶) 缽 |
| +6 | 缾 (=瓶 -> 瓦) 缿 罀 |
| +8 | 罁 罂SC (=罌) |
| +10 | 罃 |
| +11 | 罄 罅 罆 |
| +12 | 罇 (=樽 -> 木) 罈 罉 |
| +13 | 罊 罋 (=甕 -> 瓦) |
| +14 | 罌 |
| +15 | 罍 |
| +16 | 罎 (=罈) 罏 |
| +18 | 罐 |
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 edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radical 121.
- Unihan Database - U+7F36