Radical 200

麻
199 ⿆ ◄	200	► ⿈ 201
Pinyin :	má (= hemp)
Zhuyin :	ㄇㄚ ˊ
Hiragana :	あさ asa
Kanji :	麻冠 asakanmuri (= radical hemp)
Hangul :	삼
Sinocorean :	마 ma
Codepoint :	U + 9EBB
Stroke sequence :

Radical 200 , meaning “ hemp , flax , jute ” is one of six of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with eleven strokes.

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

The radical hemp takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 200th 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 221st place.

The seal form of the character shows the component 广, which means accommodation, house , as well as twice a component, which means the separation of a grain stalk from its outer shell: grinding . 麻 (ma) shows processed hemp in a house.

The character 麻 (ma) usually functions as a sound carrier in the compound character as in 嘛 (ma, an accent), 磨 (mo = rub, scrape), 魔 (mo = devil, demon). In 糜 (mi = pulp), 靡 (= waste) and some other symbols, 麻 is also a sound carrier.

Character combinations ruled by radical 200

hemp

Strokes	character
+ 00	麻
+ 03	麼麽
+ 04	麾
+ 07	麿
+ 08	黀
+ 09	黁
+13	黂

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 200 is coded under the code point number 12.231 (U + 2FC7).

literature

Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 202 .
Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 213 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 200 - Graphic representations of Radikal 200

Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 200 on page 147