Radical 163

Radical is 163, meaning " village" is one of 20 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by seven strokes.

The spelling variant of the radical阝is easily confused with radical 170, but is always right.

The original meaning of邑was " a place to control ", " city walls ". This is why most radical associated signs in this meaningful context such as:

Combinations of signs are almost exclusively formed with the always standing right阝.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 163

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 163 under the code point number 12,194 (U 2 FA2 ).

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