Radical 53

广
52 ⼳ ◄	53	► ⼵ 54
Pinyin :	guǎng (= pitched roof)
Zhuyin :	ㄍㄨㄤ ˇ
Hiragana :	まだれ madare
Kanji :	麻垂 madare
Hangul :
Sinocorean :	인
Codepoint :	U + 5E7F
Stroke sequence :

The radical 53 meaning " sloping roof " is one of 31 traditional radicals of Chinese characters , consisting of three strokes.

With 61 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , the radical is relatively common in reference books.

The original sign can be interpreted as a house leaning against a rock and had the meaning of hut (庵). The characters that can be found under 广 in the dictionary belong in the area of buildings like

店 (= load),

庐 / 廬 (= hut),

庭 (= courtyard) and

府 (= residence).

Sometimes the single character 广 appears as a sound carrier as in:

犷 (= roughly),

矿 / 礦 (= ore deposit) and

旷 / 曠 (= wide).

广 is also used as an abbreviation for 廣:

meaning	wide, extensive
character	廣	広	广
Notation	traditionally	Shinjitai	simplified
Strokes	广 +12	广 +2	广 +0
Unicode	U + 5EE3	U + 5E83	U + 5E7F

The pictogram was originally the symbol for a shed in which wagons were parked, but grain, fruit and other goods were also stored. From this the meaning "business" followed, because business in China is not very different from warehouse.

Character compounds ruled by radical 53

Strokes	character
+ 00	广
+ 02	庀庁庂広
+ 03	庄庅庆
+ 04	庇庈庉床庋庌庍庎序庐庑庒库应
+ 05	底庖店庘庙庚庛府庝庞废
+ 06	庠庡庢庣庤庥度
+ 07	座庨庩庪庫庬庭庮庯
+ 08	庰庱庲庳庴庵庶康庸庹庺庻庼
+ 09	庽庾庿廀廁廂廃廊
+10	廅廆廇廈廉廋廌
+11	廄廍廎廏廐廑廒廓廔廕廖廗廘
+12	廙廚廛廜廝廞廟廠廡廢廣廤
+13	廥廦廧廨廩廪
+15	廫
+16	廬廭
+17	廮廯廰
+18	廱
+19	廲
+22	廳

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 53 is coded under the code point number 12.084 (U + 2F34).

literature

Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 106 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 53 - Graphic representations of Radikal 53

Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 53 on page 21