Radical 92

Radical 92 with the meaning "tooth" is one of 34 of the 214 traditional radicals of Chinese characters that are written with four strokes. With only two combinations of signs in Mathews ' Chinese - English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found at this radical in the lexicon.

The radical "tooth" will only in the long list of traditional character - radicals, which consists of 214 radicals, the 92nd 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, at 99th place.

The seal script form reveals two gritted teeth.

Most in composite sign牙occurs as a sound carrier as in鸦( ya = Corvidae ) ,芽( ya = shoot) ,伢( ya = Jack) ,蚜( ya = aphid ) ,讶( ya be = surprised ) ,呀( ya = exclamation of astonishment as Oh ). Whether it ( heretical =) indicates the clenched teeth of the fanatics in邪is unclear.

The in older reference works under specific genre牙characters are usually very uncommon today. In Cihai can be found next牙itself only three, namely :邪( ya = heresy ) ,鸦( ya = Corvidae ) and雅( ya = tidy ). Other dictionaries sort these signs among their other components阝( right ear ) ,鸟( niao = bird) and隹( zhui = kurzschwänziger bird) and no longer lead牙as radical.

Character connections that are ruled by the radical 92

In Unicode block Kangxi radicals, the radical 92 is coded under the code point number 12,123 (U 2 F5B ).

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