Radical 212
龍 竜 龙 | ||
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211 ⿒ ◄ | 212 | ► ⿔ 213 |
Pinyin : | lóng (= dragon) | |
Zhuyin : | ㄌ ㄨ ㄥ ˊ | |
Hiragana : | り ゅ う ryū, た つ tatsu | |
Kanji : | 竜 tatsu (= dragon) | |
Hangul : | 용 | |
Sinocorean : | 룡 (Yale: l yong) | |
Codepoint : | U + 9F8D 7ADC 9F99 |
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Stroke sequence : |
Radical 212 龍 meaning " dragon " is one of only two traditional radicals in the Chinese writing with sixteen strokes. The Chinese abbreviation for dragon ( 龙 ) is greatly simplified and the Japanese abbreviation ( 竜 ) hardly shows the origin.
It rarely occurs with 5 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary . In the Kangxi dictionary , too, there were only 14 of 40,000 characters that could be found under this radical.
In compound characters, 龍 / 龙 occurs mainly as a sound carrier, as in
- 瀧 / 泷 (= rapids),
- 籠 / 笼 (= cage) and
- 聾 / 聋 (= deaf).
The Chinese dragon is the most famous mythical creature of the East Asian culture. In contrast to the European dragons , this one can be compared more with a deity than with a demon. Local dragon deities (in rivers and lakes) are worshiped in rural areas, for example to solicit rain. The appearance of the dragon can be described as follows:
- Body of a snake,
- Head of a water buffalo,
- Mouth of a camel,
- Eyes of a demon,
- Mane of a lion,
- Whiskers of a carp,
- Claws of an eagle,
- Antlers of a deer and
- Teeth of a wolf.
The dragon is one of the twelve animals in the Chinese calendar . In China, it is the most popular of the twelve signs: In the dragon years there is a demonstrable significant increase in the birth rate - especially since the one-child policy. Dragon years ( 辰 chén ) are:
February 16 | 1904 until | February 31905 |
3 February | 1916 to January 22nd | 1917 |
January 23 | 1928 to | February 91929 |
February 8 | 1940 to January 26th | 1941 |
January 27th | 1952 to February 13 | 1953 |
13th February | 1964 to | February 11965 |
31 January | 1976 to February 17th | 1977 |
February 17th | 1988 to | February 5th1989 |
February 5th | 2000 to January 23 | 2001 |
January 23 | 2012 to | February 9th2013 |
Character compounds ruled by radical 212
Strokes | character |
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+ | 0龍 竜 龙
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+ | 2龎
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+ | 3龏 龐 龘
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+ | 4龑
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+ | 5龒
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+ | 6龓 龔 龕
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+16 | 龖
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+17 | 龗 |
In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 212 is coded under the code point number 12.243 (U + 2FD3).
literature
- Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 163 .
- Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 115 .
- For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature
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