Radical 160

Radical 160 "bitter" is the meaning of a of 20 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by seven strokes.

With 10 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

The radical takes only the long -mark - list traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 160 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 186th place.

辛was formerly written with the same meaning without the lower horizontal line. The oracle bone shape is a double-edged weapon that was used mainly for slave torture, for example, to cut off noses, ears or face.

The characters童( tong = child, but actually male slave ) and妾(qi = concubine, formerly a slave ) not included立( li ), but辛( xin ) as bearers of meaning component ( and童tong including a重zhong as a sound carrier ).

辛( xin ) has something to do with punishment as in辜( = punishment ). 辟(bi = ruler, actually criminal law) consists of the three components卩( ji = kneeling man ) ,口( kou mouth) and辛( xin ). The latter two refer to the orally pronounced口punishment辛. The addition大( da = large) in大 辟( dabi ) makes from the Law and the ruler of the death penalty. In use today is the turn辛苦( xinku = tedious ). 辛( xin ) is also suffering hardship.

Sometimes, for example in锌( xin = zinc) occurs辛( xin ) as a sound carrier ,亲( qin = blood relative ).

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 160

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 160 under the code point number 12,191 (U 2 F9F ).

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