Radical 202

黍
201 ⿈ ◄	202	► ⿊ 203
Pinyin :	shǔ (= millet)
Zhuyin :	ㄕ ㄨ ˇ
Hiragana :	き び kibi
Kanji :	黍 kibi (= millet)
Hangul :	기장
Sinocorean :	서
Codepoint :	U + 9ECD
Stroke sequence :

Radical 202 , meaning " millet ", is one of four traditional radicals in Chinese writing with twelve lines.

With 4 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , this radical occurs very rarely. In the Kangxi dictionary there were still 46 characters under this radical.

The pictogram shows the ears hanging down at the top, the symbol for " movement " at the bottom . So it shows the ripening plant. The sign is usually translated as grain, even if in the narrower sense it only refers to millet. The radical 115 "禾" is used for grain or ear . Millet was the predominant type of grain in ancient China for several millennia and has remained the staple food of northern Chinese farmers to this day.

Character compounds ruled by radical 202

millet

Strokes	character
+ 00	黍
+ 03	黎
+ 05	黏
+11	黐

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 202 is coded under the code point number 12.233 (U + 2FC9).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 205 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 186 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 202  - Graphic representations of Radikal 202