Radical 121

Radical 121 with the meaning 'jug, amphora " is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by six strokes.

With 17 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are few characters which can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

The radical " Jug" will only in the long list of traditional character - radicals, which consists of 214 radicals, the 121st position. In modern abbreviation dictionaries may find a completely different place.

The character evolved from the image of a gourd. Its forms are different, some have narrow necks, others are bulbous and constricted in the middle.

The single character缶means amphorenförmiges vessel with a small opening and a large belly. Therefore, the characters thus formed in the semantic field are located earthen vessels, such as缸(gang = clay pot ) ,罂( = vase),罐( = can) ,缺( jue = lack; originally: broken vessel ) ,罅( = tear) ,窑( = kiln; composed of穴(Cave and the earthen vessel缶) ) ,陶( tao = ceramic). 摇( yao = shake)谣( = ballad ) referred originally earthen vessels, and therefore contain缶( fu).

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 121

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 121 under the code point number 12,152 (U 2 F78 ).

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