Radical 76

欠
75 ⽊ ◄	76	► ⽌ 77
Pinyin :	qiàn (= yawn)
Zhuyin :	ㄑ 一 ㄢ
Hiragana :	あ く び akubi
Kanji :	欠 伸 akubi
Hangul :	하품
Sinocorean :	흠
Codepoint :	U + 6B20
Stroke sequence :

Radical 76 , meaning “ column , yawn ” is one of the 34 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of four strokes.

With 31 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are relatively few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The pictogram originally showed a person who was breathing hard . The seal script shows a person at the bottom and a mouth open at the top. The meaning developed from “breathless” and “exhausted” to “debtor”.

As a bearer of meaning, 欠 brings the meaning field “mouth, facial expression, expression or sensation” as in 吹 (= blow), 饮 (= drink), 歌 (= song), 欢 (= happy), 欣 (= happy), 欷 (= sigh, sob), 歉 (= regret), 欲 (= desire), 款 (= sincere) and 欺 (= cheat).

Character combinations ruled by radical 76

yawning cat

Strokes	character
+ 00	欠
+ 02	次 欢
+ 04	欣 欤 欥 欦 欧
+ 05	欨 欪
+ 06	欫 欬 欭 欮 欯 欰 欱
+ 07	欲 欳 欴 欵 欶 欷 欸
+ 08	欹 欺 欻 欼 欽 款 欿
+ 09	欩 歀 歁 歂 歃 歄 歅 歆 歇 歈
+10	歊 歋 歌 歍
+11	歉 歎 歏 歐 歑 歒 歓
+12	歔 歕 歖 歗 歘 歙 歚
+13	歛 歜 歝
+14	歞 歟
+15	歠
+18	歡

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 76 is coded under the code point number 12.107 (U + 2F4B).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 83 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 76  - Graphic representations of Radikal 76

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 76 on page 84