Radical 121

缶
120 ⽷ ◄	121	► ⽹ 122
Pinyin :	fǒu (= jug)
Zhuyin :	ㄈ ㄡ ˇ
Hiragana :	ほ と ぎ hotogi
Kanji :	缶 hotogi (= jug)
Hangul :	장군
Sinocorean :	부 pu
Codepoint :	U + 7F36
Stroke sequence :

Radical 121 , meaning " jug , amphora ", is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with six strokes.

With 17 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are only a few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "pitcher" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 121. position. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries.

The character developed from the image of a bottle gourd . Its shapes are different, some have narrow necks, others are bulbous and constricted in the middle.

The single character 缶 means amphora-shaped vessel with a small opening and a large belly. Therefore, the signs formed with it are also located in the meaning field of earthen vessels, such as 缸 (gang = clay vessel), 罂 (= vase), 罐 (= box), 缺 (jue = lacking; originally: broken vessel), 罅 (= crack) , 窑 (= furnace; composed of 穴 (cave and the earthen vessel 缶)), 陶 (tao = ceramic). 摇 (yao = to shake) and 谣 (= ballad) originally also referred to earthen vessels and therefore contain 缶 (fu).

Character combinations ruled by radical 121

Amphorae

Strokes	character
+ 00	缶
+ 02	缷
+ 03	缸
+ 04	缹 缺 缼
+ 05	缻 缽
+ 06	缾 缿 罀
+ 08	罁 罂
+10	罃
+11	罄 罅 罆
+12	罇 罈 罉
+13	罊 罋
+14	罌
+15	罍
+16	罎 罏
+18	罐

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 121 is coded under the code point number 12.152 (U + 2F78).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 124 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 121  - Graphic representations of Radikal 121

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 121 on page 117