Radical 7
| 二 | |
|---|---|
Radical 7 (U+2F06)
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| 二 (U+4E8C) "two" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | èr |
| Bopomofo: | ㄦˋ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | ell |
| Wade–Giles: | êrh4 |
| Cantonese Yale: | yih |
| Jyutping: | ji6 |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | jī |
| Japanese Kana: | ニ ni (on'yomi) ふた(つ) futa(tsu) (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 이 i |
| Hán-Việt: | nhị |
| Names | |
| Hangul: | 두 du |
| Stroke order animation | |
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Radical 7 or radical two (二部) meaning "two" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 29 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In Simplified Chinese dictionaries and some Hong Kong Traditional Chinese dictionaries, radical 7 (radical two) is merged with radical 1 (Radical one, 一).
Evolution
Western Zhou Bronze script
Spring and Autumn period bronze script
Warring States period bronze script
Qin slip script
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Qing dynasty Clerical script
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 二 |
| +1 | 亍 于 亏 |
| +2 | 云 互 亓 五 井 亖 |
| +3 | 亗 |
| +4 | 亚 亘 亙 |
| +5 | 些 亜 |
| +6 | 亝 亞 亟 㐩 |
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: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
See also
External links
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