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Radical 211

Radical 211 meaning "teeth" (齒部) is the only one of the 214 Kangxi radicals that is composed of 15 strokes.

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Radical 211 (U+2FD2)
(U+9F52) "teeth"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:chǐ
Bopomofo:ㄔˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:chyy
Wade–Giles:chʻih3
Cantonese Yale:chí
Jyutping:ci2
Japanese Kana:シ shi
は ha
Sino-Korean:치 chi
Hán-Việt:xỉ
Names
Japanese name(s):歯偏 hahen
Hangul:이 i
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radical 211 in the Shuowen Dictionary source ↗

Radical 211 meaning "teeth" (齒部) is the only one of the 214 Kangxi radicals that is composed of 15 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only 21 characters (out of 40 000) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 211

strokes character
+0 齿SC JP
+1
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9
+10
+13
+20

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
  • Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
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