Radical 48

工
47 ⼮ ◄	48	► ⼰ 49
Pinyin :	gōng (= work)
Zhuyin :	ㄍ ㄨ ㄥ
Hiragana :	た く み takumi
Kanji :	工 偏 takumihen (= radical work)
Hangul :	장인
Sinocorean :	공
Codepoint :	U + 5DE5
Stroke sequence :

Radical 48 , meaning “ work ”, is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of three strokes.

The sign is similar to the katakana sign エ  "e".

Character combinations ruled by radical 48

Strokes	character
+ 00	工
+ 02	左 巧 巨
+ 03	巩 巪
+ 04	巫
+ 07	差
+ 09	巯
+10	巰

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 48 is coded under the code point number 12.079 (U + 2F2F).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 54 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 261 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 48  - Graphic representations of Radikal 48

Wiktionary: 工  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 48 on page 24