Radical 121
| 缶 | |
|---|---|
Radical 121 (U+2F78)
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| 缶 (U+7F36) "jar" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | fǒu |
| Bopomofo: | ㄈㄡˇ |
| Wade–Giles: | fou3 |
| Cantonese Yale: | fau2 |
| Jyutping: | fau2 |
| Japanese Kana: | フ fu / フウ fū (on'yomi) ほとぎ hotogi (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 부 bu |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 缶 ほとぎ (Left) 缶偏/ほとぎへん hotogihen 缶/かん kan |
| Hangul: | 장군 janggun |
| Stroke order animation | |
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Radical 121 or radical jar (缶部) meaning "jar" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 77 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
缶 is also the 133rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In Japanese, 缶 is the shinjitai form of 罐, but the two characters are historically irrelevant.
Evolution
Oracle bone script character
Spring and Autumn period bronze script
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 缶 |
| +2 | 缷 (=卸 -> 卩) |
| +3 | 缸 |
| +4 | 缹 缺 缼 (=缺) |
| +5 | 缻 (=缶) 缽 |
| +6 | 缾 (=瓶 -> 瓦) 缿 罀 |
| +8 | 罁 罂SC (=罌) |
| +10 | 罃 |
| +11 | 罄 罅 罆 |
| +12 | 罇 (=樽 -> 木) 罈 罉 |
| +13 | 罊 罋 (=甕 -> 瓦) |
| +14 | 罌 |
| +15 | 罍 |
| +16 | 罎 (=罈) 罏 |
| +18 | 罐 |
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.
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