Radical 88

父
87 ⽖ ◄	88	► ⽘ 89
Pinyin :	fù (= father)
Zhuyin :	ㄈ ㄨ
Hiragana :	ち ち chichi
Kanji :	父 chichi (= father)
Hangul :	아비
Sinocorean :	부 pu (= father)
Codepoint :	U + 7236
Stroke sequence :

Radical 88 , meaning " father ", 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 "father" assumes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals, the 88th position. 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 108th position.

The character developed from the representation of a hand holding a stick, the symbol of paternal authority . Some Chinese experts admittedly believe that the original form of 父 was 斧 (= ax). Still others may not see a club in their father's hand, but a tool like an awl . 父, they believe, was originally a prisoner, and it was only later that the sign became a positive term for men, and finally for father too.

In compound characters, 父 creates the meaning field father, for example in 爹 (= father) or 爷 (= grandfather). As a sound carrier, 父 appears in the characters 斧 (= ax) and 釜 (= kettle). The latter consists of 父 and 金 (= metal), with the upper part of 金 merging with the lower part of 父.

Character combinations ruled by radical 88

Strokes	character
+ 00	父
+ 02	爷
+ 04	爸
+ 06	爹
+ 09	爺

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 88 is coded under the code point number 12.119 (U + 2F57).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 25 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 88  - Graphic representations of Radikal 88

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 88 on page 父