Radical 120

Radical 120 is with the meaning "silk" is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by six strokes.

With 250 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are many characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

Spelling variants of the radical :糹and纟. With糸and糹combinations of signs of U 7 CF8 up纞U 7 E9E coded, then it with纟of U 7 E9F to缵U 7 F35.

The radical " Silk " takes only characters in the long list of traditional radicals, which consists of 214 radicals, the 120th position. In modern abbreviation dictionaries may find a completely different place.

The legend attributes the invention of the silk of the Yellow Emperor woman. Silk existed before the Shang Dynasty. As a "thread" it can be found even among the oracle bones. Only towards the 550 two monks who stole I. silkworms from China on behalf of the Emperor Justinian, and thus damaged the Chinese monopoly of the silk production. The icon shows above the other two cocoons and three linked threads. The hand on the yarn results in bind. The son / child子( Zi) and the thread糸( Mì ) is the grandson孙(Sun ), which is the maintenance of the family. The silk next to the fluff means velvet.

Examples of compositions with this radical are:

Press Some of the characters formed with this radical color such as:

These colors all played an important role in the manufacture of silk threads.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 120

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 120 under the code point number 12,151 (U 2 F77 ).

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