Radical 199

Radical 199 meaning " wheat, corn " is one of six of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written with eleven strokes.

With 12 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are few characters which can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

Wheat radically increases only in the long list of traditional character radicals consisting of 214 radicals 199 position.

The character for wheat shows a scrubby plant. In the oracle bone character has already received its form. In 1958, a simplified form with only seven strokes has been introduced. (Abbreviation :麦).

The pictogram for wheat is composed of two parts: the top, it shows the full, hanging down ears, is below the character " progress ". It is the ripening wheat. The radical is also used for barley. With the sign "shell" is one the " bran ". " Wheat " and "Autumn" give an expression that is used in the sense of " school holidays ". During the harvest season in the fall, the schools remain closed because the students need help in rural areas. To write the "harvest", one must still " absorb " the radical Add.

The primal importance of麦( mai) is coming, which is evident in the components of oracle bones and seal script form, consisting来( lai ) and the foot止exist (足= to ). 来( lai = come ) originally saw a similar Wheat and also meant wheat, barley. Today, however, but the meaning just the opposite :麦( mai = cereals) and来( lai = come ). The of麦( mai) ruled characters in the Description Field cereal such as麸( fu = wheat bran). Overall, the radical麦( mai), however, are not subject to many characters, not even the flour :面( mian ). However, this is a result of Chinese characters shortening. The flour was originally the grain. To shorten this character, his sense carrier was here just sacrificed and retain the sound carrier面( mian ). Since面( mian ) alone also means face, now considered the same character for flour and side.

Spelling variant of the radical :麦

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 199

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical is coded 199 under the code point number 12,230 (U 2 FC6 ).

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