Radical 151

豆
150 ⾕ ◄	151	► ⾗ 152
Pinyin :	dòu (= bean)
Zhuyin :	ㄉ ㄡ ˋ
Hiragana :	ま め mame
Kanji :	豆 偏 mamehen (= radical bean)
Hangul :	콩
Sinocorean :	두 you (= bean)
Codepoint :	U + 8C46
Stroke sequence :

Radical 151 , meaning “ bean ”, is one of 20 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with seven strokes.

With 12 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are only a few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

Radical "bean" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 151. position. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries. In the New Sino-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is in 191st position.

The pictogram with the cup-like vessel was probably created from the idea of ​​a pea or bean pod with a tripod under it.

As a bearer of meaning, appears in the following characters: 豇 (in: 豇豆 = cowpea), 豌 (in: 豌豆 = pea), 豉 (豆豉 boiled and salted soybeans used as a spice).

登 (= to climb up) is originally a sacrificial vessel. The seal mark consists of meat (肉, or 月) above and below 豆, but here in its original sense as a bowl on high legs. There are two hands underneath. So the hands lift up the bowl with the offering.

豆 also appears as a sound carrier, for example in 痘 (= smallpox), 逗 (= tease) and in 短 (= short).

The number one (一 yi) is capitalized 壹 on checks as a sum of money. However, this symbol originally consisted of 壶 (hu = jug) and 吉 (ji) as sound carriers. The bean 豆 (dou) only performs a general function in 壹.

Character compounds ruled by radical 151

Bean pods

Strokes	character
+ 00	豆
+ 03	豇 豈
+ 04	豉
+ 06	豊 豋
+ 08	豌 豍 豎
+10	豏
+11	豐
+13	豑
+18	豒
+20	豓
+21	豔

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , the radical 151 is coded under the code point number 12.182 (U + 2F96).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 200 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 151  - Graphic representations of Radikal 151

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 151 on page 128