Radical 139

色
138 ⾉ ◄	139	► ⾋ 140
Pinyin :	sè (= color)
Zhuyin :	ㄙ ㄜ ˋ
Hiragana :	い ろ iro
Kanji :	色 旁 irozuki (= radical color)
Hangul :	빛
Sinocorean :	색
Codepoint :	U + 8272
Stroke sequence :

Radical 139 , meaning " color ", is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with six strokes.

With 3 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon. And even in the 40,000-character Kangxi dictionary, there are only 21 characters that can be found under this radical.

The radical "color" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals, the 139th 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 27th position under a completely different radical.

Some scholars believe the character 色 to be a man with a seal . Just as the seal stamps on paper, the color of the face expresses feelings and sensations. The radical stands for color in general, but also for the passion that changes the color of the face of lovers.

In character combinations, the character is always written to the right.

Character combinations ruled by radical 139

Strokes	character
+ 00	色
+ 04	艳
+ 05	艴
+ 08	艵
+13	艶
+18	艷

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , the radical 139 is coded under the code point number 12.170 (U + 2F8A).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 219 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 139  - Graphic representations of Radikal 139