Radical 183

飛 飞
182 ⾵ ◄	183	► ⾷ 184
Pinyin :	fēi (= to fly)
Zhuyin :	ㄈ ㄟ
Hiragana :	と ぶ tobu
Kanji :	飛 tobu (= to fly)
Hangul :	날
Sinocorean :	비
Codepoint :	U + 98DB 98DE
Stroke sequence :

Radical 183 , meaning “to fly ”, is one of eleven of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with nine strokes.

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

Radical 183 only occupies the 183rd position in the long - character list of traditional radicals , which consists of 214 radicals. 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 7th position with a completely different radical.

The character for fly is derived from the pictorial representation of a crane in flight with its typically long, curved neck.

Spelling variant of the radical: Abbreviation (PR China): 飞

Character combinations ruled by radical 183

flying duck

Strokes	character
+ 00	飛 飞
+12	飜
+18	飝

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 183 is coded under the code point number 12.214 (U + 2FB6).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 181 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 183  - Graphic representations of Radikal 183