Radical 214
Chinese character radical
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Radical 214 meaning "flute" (龠部) is the only one of the 214 Kangxi radicals that is composed of 17 strokes, making it the radical that requires the most strokes.
| 龠 | |
|---|---|
Radical 214 (U+2FD5)
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| 龠 (U+9FA0) "flute" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | yuè |
| Bopomofo: | ㄩㄝˋ |
| Wade–Giles: | yüeh4 |
| Cantonese Yale: | yeuk6 |
| Jyutping: | joek6 |
| Japanese Kana: | ヤク yaku ふえ fue |
| Sino-Korean: | 약 yak |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 龠 yaku |
| Hangul: | 피리 piri |
| Stroke order animation | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 21 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.
龠 is also the 201st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Characters with Radical 214
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
External links
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