Radical 97

瓜
96 ⽟ ◄	97	► ⽡ 98
Pinyin :	guā (= melon)
Zhuyin :	ㄍ ㄨ ㄚ
Hiragana :	う り uri
Kanji :	瓜 冠 urikanmuri (= radical melon)
Hangul :	오이
Sinocorean :	과 kua (= melon)
Codepoint :	U + 74DC
Stroke sequence :

Radical 97 , meaning " melon , pumpkin ", is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese script that are written with five strokes.

With 8 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon.

The radical only occupies the 197th 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 151st place.

As a single character, radical 97 is very similar to radical 87 and single character 爪 (= claw). The seal script - shape shows a melon-like plant.

Only a few characters are assigned to the radical 瓜. It functions as a sound carrier, for example, in:

呱 (= clack) and

孤 (= orphan).

As a bearer of meaning, 瓜 places signs in the context of melons and fruit:

瓞 (= small melon),

瓠 (= bottle gourd),

瓢 (= ladle from a pumpkin bowl) and

瓣 (= petal).

Character combinations ruled by radical 97

Japanese pumpkin

Strokes	character
+ 00	瓜
+ 03	瓝
+ 05	瓞 瓟
+ 06	瓠
+ 08	瓡
+11	瓢
+14	瓣
+17	瓤
+19	瓥

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 97 is coded under the code point number 12.128 (U + 2F60).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 201 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 193 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 97  - Graphic representations of Radikal 97

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 97 on page 102