Radical 16
| 几 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 几 (U+51E0) "small table" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | jī | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐ一 | |
| Wade–Giles: | chi1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gei1 | |
| Jyutping: | gei1 | |
| Japanese Kana: | つくえ tsukue | |
| Sino-Korean: | 궤 gwe | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 机 tsukue 風構 kazagamae | |
| Hangul: | 안석 anseok | |
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Radical 16, meaning small table, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
Note that the identical character 几 used in Simplified Chinese for 幾 "a few, some, almost, nearly" does not have any historical connection to the "table" character.
Characters with Radical 16
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 几 |
| 1 additional stroke | 凡 凢 凣 |
| 2 additional strokes | 凤 |
| 3 additional strokes | 凥 処 凧 |
| 4 additional strokes | 凨 凩 凪 凫 |
| 5 additional strokes | 凬 |
| 6 additional strokes | 凭 凮 凯 |
| 7 additional strokes | 巬 |
| 9 additional strokes | 凰 |
| 10 additional strokes | 凱 凲 |
| 12 additional strokes | 凳 凴 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo. Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
External links
See also
- KangXi: page 133, character 16
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