Radical 158
身 | ||
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157 ⾜ ◄ | 158 | ► ⾞ 159 |
Pinyin : | shēn (= body) | |
Zhuyin : | ㄕ ㄣ | |
Hiragana : | み mi | |
Kanji : |
身 偏 mihen (= radical body) |
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Hangul : | 몸 | |
Sinocorean : | 신 sin | |
Codepoint : | U + 8EAB |
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Stroke sequence : |
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Radical 158 , meaning " body ", is one of twenty of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with seven strokes.
With 13 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are only a few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.
The radical "body" takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals, the 158th 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 200th position.
The seal form of the character represents a human body with a noticeably protruding belly . Originally a pregnant woman was to be shown. The present sign also represents the male body.
As a bearer of meaning, 身 puts its signs in the context of “body” such as 躯 (= human body), 躬 (= bend forward), 躲 (= hide), 躺 (= lie down). 射 (she = to shoot) shows in the oracle bone shape an arrow lying on a stretched bow. In the bronze font form, a hand is added at the end of the arrow. The seal form then appears in two variants: In one there is a 矢 (= arrow) next to the 身 (= body), in the other the component 寸 (cun = thumb), which here means "hand". The body 身 indicates that the arrow will be shot from there.
Character combinations ruled by radical 158
Strokes | character |
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+ | 0身
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+ | 3躬
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+ | 4躭 躮 躯
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+ | 5躰
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+ | 6躱 躲
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+ | 7躳 躴 躵
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+ | 8躶 躷 躸 躹 躺 躻 躼
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+ | 9躽 躾
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+10 | 躿
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+11 | 軀 軁
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+12 | 軂 軃 軄
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+13 | 軅 軆
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+14 | 軇
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+17 | 軈
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+20 | 軉 |
In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 158 is coded under the code point number 12.189 (U + 2F9D).
literature
- Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 36 .
- Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 41 .
- For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature
Web links
- Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of radical 158 on page 135