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Radical 134 
Summary
Radical 134 or radical mortar (臼部) meaning "mortar" or "joint" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 臼 | ||
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| 臼 (U+81FC) "mortar, joint" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | jiù | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧㄡˋ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | jiow | |
| Wade–Giles: | chiu4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | káuh, kau | |
| Jyutping: | kau5, kau3 | |
| Japanese Kana: | キュウ kyū (on'yomi) うす usu (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 구 gu | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 臼/うす usu | |
| Hangul: | 절구 jeolgu | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 71 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
臼 is also the 136th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 𦥑 being its associated indexing component.
Evolution edit
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Small seal script character
Derived characters edit
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 臼 𦥑 |
| +2 | 臽 臾 |
| +3 | 臿 |
| +4 | 舀 舁 |
| +5 | 舂 |
| +6 | 舃 (=舄) 舄 |
| +7 | 舅 |
| +8 | 與 |
| +9 | 興 |
| +10 | 舆SC (=輿 -> 車) 舉 |
| +12 | 舊 |
| +13 | 舋 (=釁 -> 酉) |
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.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
External links edit
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- Unihan Database - U+81FC