Radical 178

Radical 178 meaning " tanned leather " is one of 11 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written by nine strokes.

With 11 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are relatively few characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

The character evolved from the pictorial representation of two people who pull apart a rounded object. One can conclude that a tanned skin is spread. In the seal script form of the character has top and bottom of each foot and a circular frame in the middle. Even earlier were four feet around the circular frame to recognize around.

Because of its soft pronunciation韦was later borrowed for the word leather (皮韦). In the composite sign韦often works as the carrier as in违( = act contrary ) ,围( = include) ,闱( = side of a portal Imperial Palace ) ,讳( = avoid as taboo to do something ). As a symbol carrier provides韦a link to leathers as in韧( = resistant ) ,韬( = sword bag ).

Spelling variant of the radical 178: Designation ( PRC ) :韦. With韦combinations of signs of U 97 CB are to韥U 97 E5 coded, then it with韦of U 97 E6 to韬U 97 EC.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 178

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 178 under the code point number 12,209 (U 2 FB1).

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