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Radical 2
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.
| 丨 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| 丨 (U+4E28) "line, stick" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | gǔn | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄍㄨㄣˇ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | goen | |
| Wade–Giles: | kun3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | kwán | |
| Jyutping: | kwan2 | |
| 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 | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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, with 亅 being its associated indexing component (used to be associated with 乛 prior to the new standard in 2009).
Evolution edit
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters edit
In calligraphy edit
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 edit
- 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.
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References edit
- ^ 《說文解字》：“丨，上下通也。” Shuowen Jiezi: "丨" means vertically connected.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radical 002.
- Unihan Database - U+4E28