Radical 108

皿
107 ⽪ ◄	108	► ⽬ 109
Pinyin :	mǐn (= bowl)
Zhuyin :	ㄇ ㄧ ㄣ ˇ
Hiragana :	さ ら sara
Kanji :	皿 sara (= bowl)
Hangul :	그릇
Sinocorean :	명
Codepoint :	U + 76BF
Stroke sequence :

Radical 108 , meaning " bowl ", is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with five strokes.

With 31 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are relatively many characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

This radical can easily be confused with radical 143 (血 = blood), from which it is distinguished by a drop.

The radical "bowl" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 108. 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 146th position.

The character developed from the pictorial representation of a container for food.

The name of the philosopher Mengzi (孟子) is written with the radical 39 (子, "child") above this radical.

In compound characters, 皿 is usually found in the lower position. As a bearer of meaning, it creates the meaning field of vessels such as in

盂 (= bowl),

盆 (= basin),

盒 (= box),

盘 (= tray) and

盅 (= cup).

The seal益 (= profit) shows radical 85 above , water 水, and the bowl 皿 below. Water overflows.

The symbol 盥 (= wash your face or hands) shows the water 水 above the bowl in the middle and one hand washing over a bowl on either side of it.

The symbol 盗 (= to rob) had a component similar to today's 次, which meant "to thirst for something so that water drips out of your mouth". The original sense of 盗 was therefore "to be eager for something".

Sometimes 皿 also appears as a sound carrier, for example in 孟 (= first month of a season).

The bowl 皿 in the sign 盟 (= alliance) was originally the component 血 (= blood, radical 143 ), a liquid that plays a role in alliances.

In 监 (= to monitor), 皿 is also not the bowl, but a remnant of a rare character that also contained the blood 血 as a component. The other component was 卧 (= lie down).

Character compounds ruled by radical 108

chinese bowl

Strokes	character
+ 00	皿
+ 02	盀 盁
+ 03	盂
+ 04	盃 盄 盅 盆 盇 盈
+ 05	盉 益 盋 盌 盍 盎 盏 盐 监
+ 06	盒 盓 盔 盕 盖 盗 盘 盙 盚 盛
+ 07	盜
+ 08	盝 盞 盟
+ 09	盠 盡 盢 監
+10	盤
+11	盥 盦 盧
+12	盨 盩 盪
+13	盫 盬
+15	盭
+16	蘯

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 108 is coded under the code point number 12.139 (U + 2F6B).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 123 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 108  - Graphic representations of Radikal 108

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of radical 108 on page 98