Radical 153

豸
152 ⾗ ◄	153	► ⾙ 154
Pinyin :	zhì (= cat)
Zhuyin :	ㄓ ˋ
Hiragana :	む じ な mujina
Kanji :	貉 mujina
Hangul :	해태
Sinocorean :	치 chi
Codepoint :	U + 8C78
Stroke sequence :

Radical 153 , meaning "cat" (or "little hairy animal") is one of 20 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with seven strokes.

With 16 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are many characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "cat" only occupies the 153rd 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 198th position.

The seal script form of this character shows a head and a body and should represent a long, wild animal. Therefore the component can be found as a bearer of meaning in 豹 (bao = panther, leopard), 貂 (diao = sable), 貉 (= marten). Later 豸 became a generic term in the phrase 虫 豸 (= vermin, insects and worms). 貌 (in: 容貌 rongmao = face) contains the reduced 豹 (bao) as a sound carrier, not 豸. The remaining 豸 is not a meaning here, but a sound carrier. The right component 貌 (mao = appearance, appearance) also occurs as a seal sign and shows a person, but emphasizes his face.

Character combinations ruled by radical 153

cat

Strokes	character
+ 00	豸
+ 03	豹 豺 豻
+ 04	豼 豽
+ 05	豾 豿 貀 貁 貂 貃
+ 06	貄 貅 貆 貇 貈 貉 貊
+ 07	貋 貌 貍
+ 08	貎 貏
+ 09	貐 貑 貒 貓
+10	貔 貕 貖
+11	貗 貘 貙
+12	貚
+18	貛
+20	貜

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 153 is coded under the code point number 12.184 (U + 2F98).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 180 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 153  - Graphic representations of Radikal 153

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 153 on page 133