radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)— 丨 radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)— 乙 丶 the key or radical by which a character is arranged in a traditional Chinese dictionary— 部首 Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, wi...
Character Decomposition 亻 亻Compounds (33) 人 rén 1 man 2 person 3 people 4 classifier: 个gè 5 classifier: 位wèi 个 gè 1 individual 2 this 3 that 4 size 5 classifier for people or objects in general 个 gè 1 variant: 个gè 大 dà 1 big 2 huge 3 large 4 major 5 grea...
If you’ve been following my series, you’re already familiar with some basic characters: 大, 井, 不, 米, 白. Keep these in mind and see what happens when the left “walk” radical (辶) is added. In some cases, the meaning or pronunciation is related to the original character: ...
The activities in the first half of 2011 include: producing leaflets on Employment (Amendment) Ordinance 2010 (EAO) in nine different languages including Chinese and English; arranging poster display on EAO at various poster sites of the Information Services Department; introducing new publications and...
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 红, 绿, 累 etc also pr. [mì] Character Decomposition 糹 糹 Compounds (31) 系 xì 1 to connect 2 to relate to 3 to tie up 4 to bind 5 to be (literary) 系 xì 1 system 2 department 3 faculty 系 jì...
The “water” character looks like 水. In the Chinese “Five Phases” system and the Bagua trigrams, this symbol represents the element Water. However, in most Chinese characters, it is simplified to “氵”, a radical known as “three drops of water” (三点水 – sān diǎn shuǐ), sym...
lǜ ancient Chinese standards of setting the pitch; law 徒 tú apprentice; believer 御 yù drive/ride; administer 径 jìng footpath; way 衍 yǎn overflow; extend 衔 xián hold in the mouth; bear 彷 páng used as a component of 彷徨 徘 pái loiter 徽 huī emblem; fine 役 yì use as ...
PURPOSE:To enable retrieving a desired KANJI (Chinese character) by an alias of its radical even if the radical has multiple names, relating to retrieval of KANJI by its radical in a data processing system into which Japanese is input ted for processing. CONSTITUTION:A dictionary data buffer ...
All about Chinese Characters The Radical 鬼 guǐ 鬼 ghost; sly Strokes: 9 Examples 魁 kuí chief; tall and burly Structure:Left below surround 魅 mèi demon; entice Structure:Left below surround 魑 chī used as a component of 魑魅
Mastering Chinese Characters Through Radicals – Exploring the Bow Radical in Chinese Characters One of my favorite Chinese radicals is the bow radical, 弓 (gōng). It is an elegant character that must be written correctly. Despite looking complex, it consists of only three strokes. Here is how...