Radical 5
乙 乚 乛 | ||
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4 ⼃ ◄ | 5 | ► ⼅ 6 |
Pinyin : | yǐ | |
Zhuyin : | ㄧ ˇ | |
Hiragana : | お つ otsu | |
Kanji : | 乙 otsu (= fish hook) | |
Hangul : | 새 sae | |
Sinocorean : | 을 owl | |
Codepoint : | U + 4E59 4E5A 4E5B |
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Stroke sequence : |
The radical 5 meaning " hook ", " sickle " is one of six of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters , which consist of only a single stroke.
With 13 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are only a few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon. There are 42 characters in the Kangxi dictionary .
The radical 5 as a curved line (鉤 gōu) belongs to the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ), which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy .
The character developed from the pictorial representation of a fish hook or sickle . In the latter case, it could reproduce a curved blade with a short handle. Under certain circumstances, however, it could also be a sapling that germinates from the earth.
Radical 5 is still used as an independent symbol with the meaning of 2nd heavenly stem . In this case it stands for the number two.
There are also the variants 乚 (U + 4E5A, similar to the katakana sign レ “re”) and 乛 (U + 4E5B).
Character compounds ruled by radical 5
Strokes | character |
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+ | 0乙 乚 乛
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+ | 1乜 九
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+ | 2乞 也 习
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+ | 3乢 乣 乤 乥
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+ | 4乧
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+ | 5乨 乩 乪 乫 乬 乭 乮 乯
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+ | 6乱 乲
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+ | 7乳 乴 乵 乶 乷 乸
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+ | 8乹 乺 乻 乼 乽
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+10 | 乾 乿 亀
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+11 | 亁
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+12 | 亂 亃 亄 |
In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 5 is coded under the code point number 12.036 (U + 2F04).
literature
- Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 142 .
- Li Leyi : Development of the Chinese script using the example of 500 characters . Language and Culture College Publishing House, Beijing 1993, ISBN 7-5619-0206-9 , pp. 411 .
- For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature
Web links
- Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of radical 5 on page 5