Radical 179
Chinese character radical
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Radical 179 or radical leek (韭部) meaning "leek" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.[1]
| 韭 | |
|---|---|
Radical 179 (U+2FB2)
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| 韭 (U+97ED) "leek" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | jiǔ |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧㄡˇ |
| Wade–Giles: | chiu3 |
| Cantonese Yale: | gau2 |
| Jyutping: | gau2 |
| Japanese Kana: | キュウ kyū (on'yomi) にら nira (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 구 gu |
| Hán-Việt: | cửu |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 韭/にら nira |
| Hangul: | 부추 buchu |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
韭 is also the 181st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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