Radical 116

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(U+7A74) "cave"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:xué
Bopomofo:ㄒㄩㄝˊ
Wade–Giles:hsüeh2
Cantonese Yale:yut6
Jyutping:jyut6
Japanese Kana:ケツ ketsu (on'yomi)
あな ana (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:혈 hyeol
Names
Chinese name(s):穴寶蓋/穴宝盖 xuébǎogài
穴字頭/穴字头 xuézìtóu
Japanese name(s):穴/あな ana
穴冠/あなかんむり anakanmuri
Hangul:구멍 gumeong
Stroke order animation

Radical 116 or radical cave (穴部) meaning "cave" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 298 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 117th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2 SC (=窮)
+3
+4 (= -> ) 穿 (= -> ) SC (=竊)
+5 SC (=竅) SC (=窵)
+6 SC (=窯) JP (=窗)
+7 SC (=竄) SC (=窩)
+8 SC (=窺) SC (=竇)
+9 SC (=窶)
+10 (=窯)
+11 (=窗)
+12 窿 (= -> ) (= -> )
+13
+14 (=窮)
+15
+16 (= -> )
+17

Variant forms[edit]

This radical character takes different forms in different languages. In the Kangxi Dictionary, the first stroke is a vertical dot, and the last stroke of the radical character starts with a short horizontal line when appearing independently (), and becomes a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke when used as an upper component, with an exception of in which the radical's last stroke starts with a short horizontal line (穴+工). In Japanese and Korean hanja, when used as an upper component, the last stroke of the radical character is a vertical-curve-hook stroke . In Traditional Chinese used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, its last stroke is a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke . In Mainland China's xin zixing, it is a rightward dot.

Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese Korean
穴 空 穴 空 穴 空 穴 空

Sinogram[edit]

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fifth grade kanji.[1]



References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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