Radical 109

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← 108 Radical 109 (U+2F6C) 110 →
(U+76EE) "eye"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄇㄨˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:muh
Wade–Giles:mu4
Cantonese Yale:muhk
Jyutping:muk6
Japanese Kana:ボク boku / モク moku (on'yomi)
め me (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:목 mok
Names
Chinese name(s):目字旁 mùzìpáng
Japanese name(s):目/め me
(Left) 目偏/めへん mehen
Hangul:눈 nun
Stroke order animation
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Radical 109 or radical eye (目部) meaning "eye" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 647 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 105th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

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Literature[]

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.CS1 maint: location (link)

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