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Radical 208 
Summary
Radical 208 meaning "rat" or "mouse" is 1 of 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 13 strokes.
| 鼠 | ||
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| 鼠 (U+9F20) "rat, mouse" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | shǔ | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕㄨˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | shu3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | syu2 | |
| Jyutping: | syu2 | |
| Japanese Kana: | ショ, ソ sho, so ねずみ nezumi | |
| Sino-Korean: | 서 seo | |
| Hán-Việt: | thử | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 鼠 nezumi | |
| Hangul: | 쥐 jwi | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 92 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 208 edit
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 鼠 鼡 |
| 4 additional strokes | 鼢 鼣 鼤 |
| 5 additional strokes | 鼥 鼦 鼧 鼨 鼩 鼪 鼫 鼬 |
| 6 additional strokes | 鼭 |
| 7 additional strokes | 鼮 鼯 鼰 |
| 8 additional strokes | 鼱 |
| 9 additional strokes | 鼲 鼳 鼴 鼵 |
| 10 additional strokes | 鼶 鼷 鼸 鼹 |
| 15 additional strokes | 鼺 |
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
- Unihan Database - U+9F20
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