Radical 207
Chinese character radical
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Radical 207 meaning "drum" (鼓部) is 1 of 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 13 strokes.
| 鼓 | |
|---|---|
Radical 207 (U+2FCE)
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| 鼓 (U+9F13) "drum" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | gǔ |
| Bopomofo: | ㄍㄨˇ |
| Wade–Giles: | ku3 |
| Cantonese Yale: | gu2 |
| Jyutping: | gu2 |
| Japanese Kana: | コ, ク ko, ku つづみ tsuzumi |
| Sino-Korean: | 고 go |
| Hán-Việt: | cổ |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 鼓 tsuzumi |
| Hangul: | 북 buk |
| Stroke order animation | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 46 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
Evolution
Ideogrammic compound: 壴 ("drum") + 支 ("hand holding drumstick").
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
壴
Kangxi dictionary listed 壴 under 士+6. Compare 豆.
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Characters with Radical 207
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.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
External links
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