Radical 176

Radical 176 is with the meaning "face" is one of eleven of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by nine strokes.

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

Radically face takes only the long mark list traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 176 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, in second place and taking an entirely other radical.

The character evolved from the pictorial representation of a human face in which the eyes are visible. There is a modern version with a square - character for " mouth " - inside the frame; although this character requires a stroke less, it is also counted among the nine strokes.

The face is very important for the Chinese. " Someone giving face " means pay someone's social position. " Losing face " is to be despised.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 176

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 176 under the code point number 12,207 (U 2 FAF).

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