Radical 81

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比
80 ⽏ ◄ 81 ► ⽑ 82
Pinyin : bǐ
比較 bǐjiào
(= compared to)
Zhuyin : ㄅ 一
Hiragana : く ら べ る kuraberu
Kanji : 比 kuraberu
(= compare)
Hangul : 견줄
Sinocorean : 비 (= compare)
Codepoint : U + 6BD4
Stroke sequence : 比

Radical 81 with the meaning " compare " is one of 34 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with four strokes.

With 4 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical compare only takes 81st position in the long - character list of traditional radicals , which consists of 214 radicals. It can be found in a completely different place in modern abbreviation dictionaries. In the New Chinese-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is in 123rd position.

The seal script form of this character shows two people standing parallel to each other, hence the meaning together, compare.

The sign 昆 (kun = descendant) consists of the sun (日 ri) and the two people 比 below it. 皆 (jie = all) consists of 比 (bi = common) and 白 (bai here: to speak) = all. 毖 (bi = to warn) is made up of 比 and 必, the latter is the sound carrier. 比 stands for cautious comparisons, so it carries meaning in its current meaning.

比 usually takes on the role of the carrier of the sound in the compound symbol, as in 秕 (bi = chaff), 庇 (bi = protect), 毕 (bi = end), 毙 (bi = come to life) and 批 (pi = instructions for a report write).


Character combinations ruled by radical 81

Strokes character
+ 00 比

+ 02 毕

+ 05 毖 毗 毘

+ 06 毙

+13 毚

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 81 is coded under the code point number 12.112 (U + 2F50).

literature

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 81  - Graphic representations of Radikal 81