Radical 58

彐 彑
57 ⼸ ◄	58	► ⼺ 59
Pinyin :	jì
Zhuyin :	ㄐ ㄧ ˋ
Hiragana :	け い が し ら keigashira
Kanji :	け い 頭 keigashira
Hangul :	돼지 머리
Sinocorean :	계
Codepoint :	U + 5F50 5F51
Stroke sequence :

Radical 58 , meaning “ pig's trunk”, is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese script , which consist of three strokes.

The sign is similar to the katakana sign ヨ  "yo".

With 8 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon.

Character combinations ruled by radical 58

Pig trunk from the front

Strokes	character
+ 00	彐 彑
+ 02	归
+ 05	彔 录
+ 06	彖
+ 08	彗
+ 09	彘
+10	彙 彚
+13	彛 彜
+15	彝 彞
+19	彟
+23	彠

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 58 is coded under the code point number 12.089 (U + 2F39).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 176 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 58  - Graphic representations of Radikal 58

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 58 on page 39