Radical 52
幺(乡) | ||
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51 ⼲ ◄ | 52 | ► ⼴ 53 |
Pinyin : | yāo (= young, small) | |
Zhuyin : | 一 ㄠ | |
Hiragana : | い と が し ら itogashira | |
Kanji : | 糸 頭 itogashira | |
Hangul : | 작을 | |
Sinocorean : | 요 | |
Codepoint : | U + 5E7A 46E1 |
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Stroke sequence : |
The radical 52 with the meaning "young, small" is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of three strokes.
With 7 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon. The sign is similar to the zhuyin sign ㄠ [ɑo̯].
The seal character of this radical shows a twisted short thread (in the form of the Arabic numeral 8). Today's Chinese word 幼儿 (= small child) is made up of 幺 (= small) and 力 (= strength).
幽 (= hidden) consists of twice 幺 (= small) and 山 (= mountain). In bronze script, 幺 also meant black. This sense has been preserved to this day in 玄 (= black) ( radical 95 ).
In 吆 (= to call out loud), 幺 takes the place of a sound carrier. In 幻 (= deceptive), 幺 has no meaning at all.
To 幺 there are the slightly different spelling 乡 .
Character combinations governed by radical 52
Strokes | character |
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+ | 0幺
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+ | 1幻
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+ | 2幼
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+ | 6幽
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+ | 9幾 |
In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 52 is coded under the code point number 12.083 (U + 2F33).
literature
- Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 229 .
- For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature
Web links
- Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 52 on page 46