Radical 128

耳
127 ⽾ ◄	128	► ⾀ 129
Pinyin :	ěr (= ear)
Zhuyin :	ㄦ ˇ
Hiragana :	み み mimi
Kanji :	み 耳 偏 mimihen (= radical ear)
Hangul :	귀
Sinocorean :	이 i
Codepoint :	U + 8033
Stroke sequence :

Radical 128 , meaning " ear ", is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with six strokes.

With 26 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are relatively few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "ear" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals, the 128th 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 163rd position.

耳 arose from the image of a human ear, which can be easily recognized in the oracle script form. As a bearer of meaning, 耳 puts its signs in the context of hearing and ear such as 取 (qu = fetch, take), which consists of the ear and the hand (又 you) and whose original meaning is "cut off ears". A big ear has its own symbol, which is made up of 耳 and 大 (da = big): 耷 (da = big ear). This is both a combined and a pictophonetic symbol with 大 as both a meaning and a sound carrier. 耳 is the bearer of meaning in a number of pictophonetic symbols such as 盯 聍 (dingning = ear wax). In 闻 (wen = to hear) the ear 耳 also functions as a sense, the door 门 (men) as a sound carrier. In 聋 (long = deaf) the dragon (龙 long) carries the sound and the ear naturally carries the meaning. 聆 (= to listen) with 令 (ling) as the carrier of the sound, 聱 (in: 佶 屈 聱牙 = tongue-twister, for the Chinese rather ear-breaker) with 敖 (ao) as the carrier. All of these signs are ultimately related to hearing.

However, 耳 also occurs as a sound carrier, for example in 洱 (he in: 普洱茶 Pu'ercha, a type of tea), 珥 (he = pearl ring), 铒 (he, the chemical element erbium). In 茸 in: 鹿茸 (deer antler rung) there is not the ear at the bottom, as one might think, but 耳 as a remainder of 聪 (cong), the right part (总) of which has been omitted. A grass head (艹) has been added at the top. The 聪 (cong) remainder (耳) now functions as a sound carrier in 茸 (rng). 聪 however also has to do with the ear: it means hearing.

Character compounds ruled by radical 128

A human ear

Strokes	character
+ 00	耳
+ 01	耴
+ 02	耵
+ 03	耶 耷
+ 04	耸 耹 耺 耻 耼 耽 耾 耿 聀 聁 聂
+ 05	聃 聄 聅 聆 聇 聈 聉 聊 聋 职 聍 聎 聏 聐 聑 聒
+ 06	聓 联
+ 07	聕 聖 聗 聘
+ 08	聙 聚 聛 聜 聝 聞 聟 聠 聡 聢 聣
+ 09	聤 聥 聦 聧 聨 聩 聪 聫
+10	聬 聭
+11	聯 聰 聱 聲 聳 聴
+12	聮 聵 聶 職
+13	聸
+14	聹 聺 聻 聼
+16	聽 聾

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 128 is coded under the code point number 12.159 (U + 2F7F).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 40 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 32 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 128  - Graphic representations of Radikal 128

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of radical 128 on page 111