Radical 51
Radical 51 with the meaning "shield" is one of 31 traditional radicals of Chinese writing, which consist of three strokes.
With eight combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary it is very rare in the lexicon. Today, some modern Chinese dictionaries干not result in more than radical.
The seal script character represents a fork or pitchfork, a hunting device. This sense occurs today in the Chinese phrase ( cause = war )大动干戈ago.
The character is similar to Katakanaチ"chi ".
In the composite character干usually occurs as a sound carrier, as in:
The present simplified Chinese干in干燥( = dry) and in干部( = squad ) has nothing to do with the original radical. 干here is the shortening of two different characters, namely " make work " in干部and干( = dried) in干燥( = dry). In both cases the sign干is only a sound carrier. The script reform was left of two characters, only the form干.
The Japanese and Chinese version of Prosit is干杯( kampai ) or干杯( ganbei ). Both mean the same as " dry glass ".
Character connections that are ruled by the radical 51
In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical 51 is coded under the code point number 12,082 (U 2 F32).