Radical 153

Radical 153 meaning " cat " (or " little hairy beast" ) is one of 20 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by seven strokes.

With 16 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are many characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

The radical " cat " will only in the long list of traditional character - radicals, which consists of 214 radicals, the 153rd 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 198th place.

The seal script form of this character shows a head and a body to and should be a long, wild animal pose. Therefore, we find the component as bearers of meaning in豹( bao = Panther, Leopard) ,貂( diao = sable) ,貉( = marten ). Later豸a generic term in the phrase虫 豸( = vermin, insects and worms). 貌( in :容貌Rongmao = face ) containing the reduced豹( bao ) as a sound carrier, not豸. The leftover豸is here so no sense but sound carrier. The right component貌( mao = appearance, appearance) also occurs as a seal script characters and shows a man, but stresses his face.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 153

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 153 under the code point number 12,184 (U 2 F98 ).

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