Radical 185

首
184 ⾷ ◄	185	► ⾹ 186
Pinyin :	shǒu (= head)
Zhuyin :	ㄕ ㄡ ˇ
Hiragana :	く び
Kanji :	首 (= main)
Hangul :	머리
Sinocorean :	수 so
Codepoint :	U + 9996
Stroke sequence :

Radical 185 , meaning " head , head", is one of eleven of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with nine strokes.

With 4 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

Radical main increases only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 185. 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, he is at, for example. Job.

To write the word “ head ”, it used to be enough for the Chinese to depict a nose and a pair of braids . With the radical 162 “to go ” the character gets a very important meaning: “ way ”, “norm” the famous Dao ( Wade-Giles : Tao). The Taoism is rooted in the Tao Te Ching , written by Lao Zi .

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There are graphic representations of Radikal 185 in the historical writings:

In the Showen seal script, it is radical 328.

Character combinations ruled by radical 185

Strokes	character
+ 00	首
+ 02	馗
+ 08	馘

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 185 is coded under the code point number 12.216 (U + 2FB8).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 33 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 84 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 185  - Graphic representations of Radikal 185