Radical 113

示 礻
112 ⽯ ◄	113	► ⽱ 114
Pinyin :	shì (= ancestor)
Zhuyin :	ㄕ ˋ
Hiragana :	し め す shimesu
Kanji :	示 偏 shimesuhe or ネ 偏 nehen
Hangul :	보일
Sinocorean :	시 si
Codepoint :	U + 793A 793B
Stroke sequence :

Radical 113 , meaning “ ancestors , show, revere ” is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with five strokes.

With 63 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are many characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The character developed from the pictorial representation of an altar . A T-shaped table can be seen in the seal script , above which a short horizontal line indicates the offerings for the spirits. 示 therefore has to do with ghost matters, expresses the mysterious, connected with superstition. Most of the signs ruled by 示 have the meaning field “religious, ghosts” such as 祭 (ji = organize memorial service, make sacrifices). In its old seal form, it shows meat (肉 rou) at the top left, a hand (手 shou) to the right and the altar below (示 in its original form). So here the sacrifice is clearly described in the form of a combined symbol. 祟 (sui = ghost) originally means misfortune caused by ghosts, 禁 (jin = forbid) meant. 林 (lin) only functions as a sound carrier. Among the characters that contain 示 as a component, there are also those that have nothing to do with spirits and beliefs such as 佘 (Xu, a family name), which emerged from a similar-looking character, and 票 (piao = card, Note), which originally looked different, led the fire (火) in the lower part, and 禀 (bng report to a superior) u. a. Here 示 is only a general component.

Spelling variant of the radical: 礻, is always left in connections; 4 strokes.
The variant 礻 is similar to the katakana sign ネ  "ne".

The radical 113 礻 (five dashes) should not be confused with the radical 145 衤 (six dashes).

Character combinations ruled by radical 113

Strokes	character
+ 00	示 礻
+ 01	礼
+ 02	礽
+ 03	社 礿 祀 祁 祂 祃
+ 04	祄 祅 祆 祇 祈 祉 祊 祋 祌 祍 祎
+ 05	祏 祐 祑 祒 祓 祔 祕 祖 祗 祘 祙 祚 祛 祜 祝 神 祟 祠 祡 祢
+ 06	祣 祤 祥 祦 祧 票 祩 祪 祫 祬 祭 祮 祯
+ 07	祰 祱 祲 祳 祴 祵 祶 祷 祸
+ 08	祹 祺 祻 祼 祽 祾 祿 禀 禁 禂 禃 禄
+ 09	禅 禆 禇 禈 禉 禊 禋 禌 禍 禎 福 禐 禑 禒 禓 禔 禕 禖 禗 禘 禙
+10	禚 禛 禜 禝 禞 禟 禠 禡 禢 禣
+11	禤 禥 禦
+12	禧 禨 禩 禪 禫
+13	禬 禭 禮 禯
+14	禰 禱
+15	禲
+17	禳 禴
+18	禵
+19	禶 禷

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 113 is coded under the code point number 12.144 (U + 2F70).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 77 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 113  - Graphic representations of Radikal 113

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 113 on page 53