Radical 211

齒 歯 齿
210 ⿑ ◄	211	► ⿓ 212
Pinyin :	chǐ (= tooth, 牙齒 yáchǐ)
Zhuyin :	ㄔ ˇ
Hiragana :	は ha
Kanji :	歯 偏 hahen (= radical tooth)
Hangul :	이 i
Sinocorean :	치 chi (= tooth)
Codepoint :	U + 9F52 ​​6B6F 9F7F
Stroke sequence :

The radical 211 齒 meaning “ tooth ” is the only traditional radical in Chinese script with 15 lines.

With 20 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is relatively rare. In the Kangxi dictionary there were still 162 characters that could be found under this radical.

The seal mark shows an open mouth with the teeth and above it the component 止 as a sound carrier. Initially, a torn open mouth with threatening teeth was drawn. Later the radical only had four incisors, and today it only shows one tooth. This radical is used in only a few combinations because it is often replaced by other characters.

The characters that can be found under the radical 齒 (齿) are related to the word "tooth" such as:

character	Explanation
齔	Tooth change (abbreviation: 龀)
齦	Gums (abbreviation: 龈)
齲	in: 龋齿 = caries, colloquial language: 虫牙 (= worm tooth)
齡	Age (abbreviation: 齢, alternative: 龄)

齡 / 齢 / 龄 (= age) contains 令 as a sound carrier and the tooth 齿 as a meaning carrier. From the number of teeth you can infer the years.

The abbreviation of the radical 211 is齿; with 齒 character combinations from U + 9F52 ​​to 齾 U + 9F7E are coded, then with 齿 from U + 9F7F to 龌 U + 9F8C. The abbreviation 歯 U + 6B6F is not used for character connections.

Character combinations ruled by radical 211

Strokes	character
+ 00	齒 歯	齿
+ 01	齓
+ 02	齔	龀
+ 03	䶔 齕	龁
+ 04	䶕 䶖 齖 齗 齘	龂
+ 05	䶗 䶘 䶙 齙 齚 齛 齜 齝 齞 齟 齠 齡 齢 齣	龃 龄 龅 龆
+ 06	䶚 䶛 齤 齥 齦 齧 齨 齩	龇 龈
+ 07	䶜 䶝 齪 齫 齬	龉 龊
+ 08	䶞 䶟 齭 齮 齯 齰 齱
+ 09	䶠 䶡 䶢 齲 齳 齴 齵 齶 齷	龋 龌
+10	䶣 䶤 齸 齹 齺 齻
+11	䶥 䶦
+12	䶧
+13	䶨 齼 齽
+14	䶩 䶪
+20	䶫 齾

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , the radical 211 is coded under the code point number 12.242 (U + 2FD2).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 45 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 211  - Graphic representations of Radikal 211

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 211 on page 140