Radical 127

耒
126 ⽽ ◄	127	► ⽿ 128
Pinyin :	lěi (= harrow)
Zhuyin :	ㄌ ㄟ ˇ
Hiragana :	ら い す き raisuki
Kanji :	耒 raisuki or 耒 偏 sukihen 来 偏 raihen
Hangul :	따비
Sinocorean :	뢰 rai (= harrow)
Codepoint :	U + 8012
Stroke sequence :

Radical 127 , meaning " harrow ", is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with six strokes.

With 15 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 "Egge" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 127. 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 176th position.

The character developed from the pictorial representation of a drawbar . The seal lettering -form shows a plow-like agricultural implement.

As a bearer of meaning, 耒 places its symbols in the environment of agricultural implements or the cultivation of fields, as in 耘 (= weeding), 耜 (an ancient agricultural implement), 耧 (= seed drill), 耪 (= loosen the earth with a hoe), 耢 (= agricultural implement to smooth the floor). Only in a few characters, which are also rarely used, does 耒 (lei) function as a sound carrier, for example in 诔 (lei = obituary for a dead person). In the left position, the last line of 耒 (lei), at the bottom right, is to be executed as a point as in 耕 (geng = plant, field).

Character combinations ruled by radical 127

Tine harrow

Strokes	character
+ 00	耒
+ 02	耓
+ 03	耔
+ 04	耕 耖 耗 耘 耙
+ 05	耚 耛 耜 耝 耞 耟
+ 06	耠
+ 07	耡 耢
+ 08	耣 耤 耥
+ 09	耦 耧
+10	耨 耩 耪
+11	耫 耬
+12	耭 耮
+14	耯
+15	耰
+16	耱 耲

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 127 is coded under the code point number 12.158 (U + 2F7E).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 141 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 166 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 127  - Graphic representations of Radikal 127

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 127 on page 110