Radical 21

The radical 21 with the meaning " spoon " is one of 23 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are made ​​with two strokes.

With 6 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary it is very rare in the lexicon. Some modern dictionaries such as the Xinhua Dictionary lead匕not even more than radical. The character is similar to Katakanaヒ"hi". In some character sets radical similar to 21匕(U 5315 ) character the very七(U 4 E03) for the number seven.

The primitive signs of the radical was the predecessor of妣( = female), a combination of the radical 38女( = woman) and比as a sound carrier, which later became " dead mother " meant. The sign匕turned on oracle bones terms in a female form by characters such as马/马( = horse),羊( sheep = ) ,猪( = pig) was added. In牝(牛= ox 匕female) that is still the case :牝 马/牝 马( = mare).

The radical is also explained with its meaning spoon, especially since it is still sometimes so used, for example in:

These meanings but匕now largely lost, and is instead made ​​to a general component, such as in modern Chinese Designation

( = Change ) The right-hand part in化has nothing to do with匕in its original meaning.

In character北it means north, north, north, north :北京" Northern Capital " ( Beijing).

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 21

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical 21 is coded under the code point number 12,052 (U 2 F14 ).

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