Radical 2
| 丨 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 丨 (U+4E28) "line, stick" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | gǔn | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄍㄨㄣˇ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | goen | |
| Wade–Giles: | kun3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | kwan2 | |
| Jyutping: | gwan2 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | khún | |
| Japanese Kana: | コン kon (on'yomi) ぼう bō (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 곤 gonn | |
| Hán-Việt: | Cổn | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 豎/竖/竪 shù | |
| Japanese name(s): | 棒/ぼう bō (stick) 縦棒/たてぼう tatebō (vertical stick) | |
| Hangul: | 뚫을 tturheul | |
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Radical 2 or radical line (丨部) meaning "vertically connected"[1] is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 21 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
丨 is also the 2nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution[]
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters[]
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 丨 |
| +1 | 丩 |
| +2 | 个SC/variant (=個 -> 人) 丫 |
| +3 | 中 丮 丯 丰SC/JP/丰TC (also SC/JP form of 豐 -> 豆) 书SC (=書 -> 曰) |
| +4 | 丱 |
| +6 | 串 |
| +7 | 丳 |
| +8 | 临SC (=臨 -> 臣) |
| +9 | 丵 |
In calligraphy[]
The vertical line as in 永
The only stroke in radical line, known as 豎/竖/竪 shù "vertical", is called 努 nǔ in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.
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: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi, Li (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.
References[]
- ^ 《說文解字》：“丨，上下通也。” Shuowen Jiezi: "丨" means vertically connected.
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