Radical 51
干 | ||
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50 ⼱ ◄ | 51 | ► ⼳ 52 |
Pinyin : | gān (= shield) | |
Zhuyin : | ㄍ ㄢ | |
Hiragana : | ほ す hosu | |
Kanji : | 干 hosu (= dry) | |
Hangul : | 방패 | |
Sinocorean : | 간 gan | |
Codepoint : | U + 5E72 |
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Stroke sequence : |
Radical 51 , meaning “ shield ”, is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese script , which consist of three strokes.
With 8 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon. Today, some modern Chinese dictionaries no longer list 干 as radical.
The seal character represents a fork or fork, a hunting device. This sense still occurs today in the Chinese phrase 大动干戈 (= to wage war).
The sign is similar to the katakana sign チ "chi".
In the compound symbol, 干 usually appears as a sound carrier as in:
- 杆 (= pole),
- 竿 (= rod),
- 肝 (= liver),
- 刊 (= print),
- 汗 (= sweat) u. a.
Today's Chinese abbreviation干in干燥(= dry) and in干部(= squad ) has nothing to do with the original radical. 干 is the abbreviation of two different characters, namely “do, work” in 干部 and 乾 (= dried) in 乾燥 (= dry). In both cases the character 干 is only a sound carrier. The writing reform left only the form 干 of both characters.
The Japanese and Chinese versions of Prosit are 乾杯 (kampai) or 干杯 (ganbei). Both mean something like "dry glass".
Character combinations ruled by radical 51
Strokes | character |
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+ | 0干
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+ | 2平
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+ | 3
年幵 并
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+ | 5幷 幸
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+10 | 幹 |
In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 51 is coded under the code point number 12.082 (U + 2F32).
literature
- Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 87 .
- For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature
Web links
- Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 51 on page 23