Radical 20

勹
19 ⼒ ◄	20th	► ⼔ 21
Pinyin :	bāo 包 字 头 bāozìtóu (= head of the character包)
Zhuyin :	ㄅ ㄠ
Hiragana :	つ つ み が ま え tsutsumigamae
Kanji :	包 構 tsutsumigamae
Hangul :
Sinocorean :	포
Codepoint :	U + 52F9
Stroke sequence :

The radical 20 meaning " embrace " is one of the 23 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written with two strokes.

With 16 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is relatively rare in dictionaries.

In the oldest form of this radical, one recognizes a person leaning forward and embracing something. Today it is not a separate character and only occurs in combination with other characters. The sign is similar to the katakana sign ク "ku" and the zhuyin sign ㄅ [b̥].

The symbol Zeichen has three functions:

1. As a radical for characters that are associated with rounded body parts or packaging, such as 胸 (= chest) or 包 (= wrap up).
2. As a meaning and sound carrier in 包 (= packing) or 胞 (= amniotic sac).
3. As a general component without meaning in characters such as 句 (= sentence) and 勿 (= not).

In addition, 勹 is a sound carrier in the characters 包 (= wrap up) and 跑 (= run).

character	Explanation
胸	Rib cage

Character combinations ruled by radical 20

Strokes	character
+ 00	勹
+ 01	勺
+ 02	勻 勼 勽 勾 勿 匀 匁 匂
+ 03	匃 匄 包 匆 匇
+ 04	匈
+ 05	匉
+ 06	匊 匋 匌
+ 07	匍
+ 08	匎
+ 09	匏 匐
+10	匑 匒
+11	匓
+14	匔

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 20 is coded under the code point number 12.051 (U + 2F13).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 59 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 20  - Graphic representations of Radikal 20

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 20 on page 12