Radical 55

廾
54 ⼵ ◄	55	► ⼷ 56
Pinyin :	gǒng (= folded hands)
Zhuyin :	ㄍ ㄨ ㄥ ˇ
Hiragana :	に じ ゅ う あ し nijûashi
Kanji :	廿 脚 nijûashi
Hangul :	들
Sinocorean :	공
Codepoint :	U + 5EFE
Stroke sequence :

Radical 55 , meaning "folded hands", is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of three strokes.

The sign is similar to the katakana sign サ  "sa".

With 7 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon.

Character combinations ruled by radical 55

Strokes	character
+ 00	廾
+ 01	廿开
+ 02	弁
+ 03	异
+ 04	弃 弄 弅
+ 05	弆
+ 06	弇 弈
+ 07	弉
+12	弊

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 55 is coded under the code point number 12.086 (U + 2F36).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 73 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 55  - Graphic representations of Radikal 55

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 55 on page 29