Radical 12

The radical 12 with the meaning " eight " is one of 23 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are made ​​with two strokes.

With 11 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary it happens relatively rarely. The Kangxi Dictionary can be found at this radical 44 character connections.

Can八as radical even upside down as occur in the character羊( = goat).

The mark indicates a division, for the eight is divided into two equal halves. The radical is often reduced to two drops, or points in the upper part of the character. " Parts, disconnect " is the sign if under the night nor the radical 18刀( = diameter) is.

The original meaning was " separate ". Only later八was used as Leihzeichen for the number eight. The character八but is also used as a sound carrier ( = hold ), such as in扒.

The character is similar to Katakanaハ"ha".

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 12

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals the radical is 12 encoded code point number 12,043 (U 2 F0B ).

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