Radical 154

Radical 154 meaning " cowrie " ( colloquially referred to as " cowry " ) is one of 20 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by seven strokes.

With 86 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are many characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

The radical " Kauri " accepts only characters in the long list of traditional radicals, which consists of 214 radicals, the 154th 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, as a short character (贝) to 106th.

In prehistoric China Kaurischneckenhäuser were used as money ( cowrie money ). During the Shang Dynasty bronze money first came into circulation, which was still marked in the form of snail shells. It is therefore understandable that cowrie shells symbolize wealth. The icon is characterized by tanks and probe these animals.

The radical贝(贝at ) puts his mark in the fields of meaning money and trade, such as in购( gou = buy )贵( gui = valuable) ,贷( dai = credit )贿( = bribe ) ,赂( in :贿赂= bribe ) ,货( huo = goods) ,资(zi = capital) ,赈( zhen = material support ) and赃( zang = stolen ).

The two shells贝top of the sign婴( = infant ), derived from the ancient custom, girls as chain to hang two shells around the neck. Two贝( at ) next to each other were made so that this component is in婴( = infant ) sound and sense carrier. In character赖( Lai = to someone based ) acts the left component刺( lai ) as -sound and the right贝as bearers of meaning ( at ). Its original meaning is "winning ". The components of败( bai = defeat ) are the shell贝( at ) and攴(pu, radical 66), the hand with the stick that here the shell smashes = loss.

The sign贼( show = thief ) consists of the shell贝( at ), the hand (bottom center ) and the Hiebaxt戈= Manual destroyed with an ax the shell, which is the first sense of the character: damage. Only later changed its meaning to the present thief.

Sometimes occurs贝( at ) than sound support as in狈(with in: =狼狈in the terminal sit ) or钡( at = element barium). In the condensed character坝(ba = dam )贝( at ) acts only as a general component that replaces the original, more complicated.

Spelling variant of the radical (abbreviation) :贝. With贝combinations of signs of U 8 C9D be coded to贕U 8 D1C, then it with贝of U 8 D1D to赣U 8 D63.

Warning:贝the abbreviation for radical 147见is very similar.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 154

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 154 under the code point number 12,185 (U 2 F99 ).

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