Radical 8

The radical 8 with the meaning "cover" is one of 23 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are made ​​with two strokes. The character sees the Hangeulzeichen ㅗ "o" similar.

With 15 combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary it happens relatively rarely. The Kangxi Dictionary there were 38 characters, which can be found under this radical.

The radical lid takes only the long -mark - list traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals, the 8 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 9th place.

The semicolon亠was originally not a radical, but was made only in the Kangxi Dictionary to to classify unclassifiable characters such as:

The first two lines of a character亠, they are likely to be of this radical, such as in帝( di = Emperor ) ,就( jiu = then ) or the name赢Ying. Otherwise, a character such as裹or衰but also from radical 145衣come, as explained there.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 8

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical 8 is coded under the code point number 12,039 (U 2 F07 ).

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