Radical 83

氏
82 ⽑ ◄	83	► ⽓ 84
Pinyin :	shì (= clan)
Zhuyin :	ㄕ
Hiragana :	う じ uji
Kanji :	氏 uji (= clan)
Hangul :	성씨
Sinocorean :	씨 (= clan)
Codepoint :	U + 6C0F
Stroke sequence :

Radical 83 , meaning “ clan ”, is one of 34 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with four strokes.

The radical "family" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals, the 83rd position. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries. In the New Chinese-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is in 122nd position.

The pictogram shows a plant floating on the water that grows and branches like water lilies .

Character combinations ruled by radical 83

Strokes	character
+ 00	氏
+ 01	氐 民
+ 02	氒
+ 04	氓

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 83 is coded under the code point number 12.114 (U + 2F52).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 28 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 83  - Graphic representations of Radikal 83

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 83 on page 118