Radical 150

谷
149 ⾔ ◄	150	► ⾖ 151
Pinyin :	gǔ (= valley)
Zhuyin :	ㄍ ㄨ ˇ
Hiragana :	た に tani
Kanji :	谷 偏 tanihen (= radical valley)
Hangul :	골
Sinocorean :	곡
Codepoint :	U + 8C37
Stroke sequence :

Radical 150 , meaning “ valley , gorge ”, is one of twenty of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with seven strokes.

With 5 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "Valley" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 150th 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 199th position.

The seal script - shape shows two mountains with a river in between, a gorge.

Character combinations ruled by radical 150

Strokes	character
+ 00	谷
+ 03	谸
+ 04	谹 谺 谻
+ 06	谼
+ 07	谽
+ 08	谾
+10	谿 豀 豁
+11	豂
+12	豃
+15	豄
+16	豅

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 150 is coded under the code point number 12.181 (U + 2F95).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 100 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 62 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 150  - Graphic representations of Radikal 150

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 150 on page 134