Radical 108

Radical 108 meaning " bowl " is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by five strokes.

With 31 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are quite a lot of characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

This radical is easily confused with radical 143 (血= blood), from which it differs by a drop.

The radical " bowl " will only in the long list of traditional character - radicals, which consists of 214 radicals, the 108th position. In modern abbreviation dictionaries may find a completely different place. In the New Sino- German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, there is, for example, at 146th place.

The character evolved from the pictorial representation of a container for food.

The name of the philosopher Mencius (孟子) is written with the characters child (子) on this radical.

In composite sign up皿mostly found in the lower position. As a carrier sense it represents the semantic field vessels forth such as in

The sign益( = profit ) shows in his seal script form above radical 85水water, and below the bowl皿. Water running over.

The sign盥( = face or wash hands ) across the bowl in the middle of the water水and one hand wash both sides of it over a bowl.

The sign盗( = rob ) wore a top today次similar component, the " hungry for something, so that a water drips from the mouth " meant. The primal sense of盗was therefore " be eager for something."

皿occurs sometimes also as a sound carrier, such as in孟( = first month of a season ).

The bowl皿in盟sign ( = alliance ) was originally the component血( = blood, radical 143), a fluid that plays a role in alliances.

In监( = monitor )皿is also not the bowl, but the remains of a rare character that also contained the blood血as a component. The other component was卧( = lie down ).

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 108

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical 108 is coded under the codepoint number 12.139 (U 2 F6B ).

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