Radical 170

阜 ⻖
169 ⾨ ◄	170	► ⾪ 171
Pinyin :	fù (= hill) 耳 刀 ěrdāo (= ear knife; radical 128 + radical 18 )
Zhuyin :	ㄈ ㄨ ˋ
Hiragana :	ぎ ふ の ふ gifunofu
Kanji :	岐阜 の 阜 gifunofu
Hangul :	언덕
Sinocorean :	부 pu (= hill)
Codepoint :	U + 961C 961D
Stroke sequence :

Radical 170 , meaning " hill , dam", is one of nine traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with eight strokes. With 81 in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are a great many characters that can be found under this radical in the dictionary.

Radikal Hügel only occupies the 170th position in the long - character list of traditional radicals , which consists of 214 radicals. In modern abbreviation dictionaries it can be found in a completely different place. In the New Sino-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is 33rd.

Spelling variant: 阝 (identical to radical 163 , but always on the left.)

The main function of the left ear is to give meaning to various signs. These have nothing to do with ears, of course, but a lot to do with terrain and topography. For example:

陆 (= mainland, with twice 土 earth on the right),

陵 (= hill),

险 (= difficult passable place, pass).

The sign 阿 (= to feed) is one of them, because it originally meant big hills. 隐 (= hide), 隔 (= separate), 障 (= block) also derive their meaning from an elevation or a depression in the terrain.

Yin and Yang , two terms from Chinese philosophy

character	Abbreviation	Explanation
陰	阴	Yīn, (with radical 74 , moon). The female principle originally referred to the northern slope of a mountain.
陽	阳	Yáng, (with radical 72 , sun). The male principle originally referred to the southern slope of a mountain. (Compare place names such as Luoyang = north of the Luo River).

It is believed that Yin was initially the name for the colder, north-facing side of a hill and Yang was the name for the warmer, south-facing side. Gradually, Yang was equated with sunlight, while Yin became associated with shadow. It was soon deduced from this that the sun itself was yang, whereas the earth and moon were yin.

Character combinations ruled by radical 170

Yin and yang

Strokes	character
+ 00	阜 阝
+ 02	阞 队
+ 03	阠 阡 阢 阣 阤
+ 04	阥 阦 阧 阨 阩 阪 阫 阬 阭 阮 阯 阰 阱 防 阳 阴 阵 阶
+ 05	阷 阸 阹 阺 阻 阼 阽 阾 阿 陀 陁 陂 陃 附 际 陆 陇 陈 陉
+ 06	陊 陋 陌 降 陎 陏 限 陑 陒 陓 陔 陕
+ 07	陖 陗 陘 陙 陛 陜 陝 陞 陟 陠 陡 院 陣 除 陥 陦 陧 陨 险
+ 08	陚 陪 陫 陬 陭 陮 陯 陰 陱 陲 陳 陴 陵 陶 陷 陸 陹 険 隆
+ 09	陻 陼 陽 陾 陿 隀 隁 隂 隃 隄 隅 隇 隈 隉 隊 隋 隌 隍 階 随 隐
+10	隑 隒 隓 隔 隕 隖 隗 隘 隙
+11	隚 際 障 隝 隞 隟 隠 隡
+12	隢 隣 隤 隥
+13	隦 隧 隨 隩 險 隫
+14	隬 隭 隮 隯 隰 隱
+15	隳
+16	隴
+17	隵

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 170 is coded under the code point number 12.201 (U + 2FA9).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 103 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 170  - Graphic representations of Radikal 170

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 170 on pages 16 and 143