Radical 103

疋
102 ⽥ ◄	103	► ⽧ 104
Pinyin :	pǐ (= ball of fabric)
Zhuyin :	ㄆ 一
Hiragana :	ひ き hiki
Kanji :	ひ き hiki 疋 偏 hikihen (= radical ball of fabric)
Hangul :	짝
Sinocorean :	필 pil
Codepoint :	U + 758B
Stroke sequence :

Radical 103 with the meaning " cloth- ball" is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with five strokes.

With 4 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "bolt of cloth" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 103. 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 156th position.

A character that looks very similar to the river provides another example of the use of a character to convey a meaning. The old drawing seems to be reminiscent of the stripes that the less wealthy wrapped around their lower legs when they couldn't afford boots.

As a radical, 疋 has the pronunciation shi and the meaning foot . On the left in the compound symbol, 疋 often appears in a modified form, as in 疏 (shu = to move aside, to comb); here it also functions as a sound carrier. Also in: 楚 (chu = tidy), 胥 (= subordinate official). The sign 蛋 (dan = egg) originally had 延 (yan = lengthen) as a head component, the 疋 used today only has a general function in the egg.

Character compounds ruled by radical 103

Roll of fabric

Strokes	character
+ 00	疋
+ 03	疌
+ 05	疍
+ 06	疏
+ 07	疎
+ 09	疐 疑

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 103 is coded under the code point number 12.134 (U + 2F66).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 119 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 103  - Graphic representations of Radikal 103

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 103 on page 105