Radical 207

鼓 鼔
206 ⿍ ◄	207	► ⿏ 208
Pinyin :	gǔ (= drum)
Zhuyin :	ㄍ ㄨ ˇ
Hiragana :	つ づ み tsuzumi
Kanji :	鼓 tsuzumi
Hangul :	북
Sinocorean :	고
Codepoint :	U + 9F13 9F14
Stroke sequence :

Radical 207 , meaning " drum ", is one of only four traditional radicals in the Chinese script with thirteen lines.

It rarely occurs with 5 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary . In the Kangxi dictionary there are still 46 characters under this radical.

The original pictogram of this sign shows a hand hitting a piece of wood on a clay vessel that was filled with bran and covered with animal skin. Drum towers at the Chinese temples were used to mark the beginning and the end of work, while the bell towers heralded prayers.

Character combinations ruled by radical 207

Drum Tower in Xi'an

Strokes	character
+ 00	鼓 鼔
+ 05	鼕 鼖
+ 06	鼗
+ 08	鼘 鼙 鼚 鼛
+10	鼜
+11	鼝 鼞
+12	鼟

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical 207 is coded under the code point number 12.238 (U + 2FCE).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 149 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 207  - Graphic representations of Radikal 207