Radical 16

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← 15 Radical 16 (U+2F0F) 17 →
(U+51E0) "small table"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄐ一
Wade–Giles:chi1
Cantonese Yale:gei1
Jyutping:gei1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:
Japanese Kana:キ ki (on'yomi)
つくえ tsukue (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:궤 gwe
Names
Chinese name(s):(Surrounding) 几字頭/几子头 jīzìtóu
(Bottom) 几字底 jīzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):机/つくえ tsukue
几繞/きにょう kinyō
几構/きがまえ/つくえがまえ kigamae/tsukuegamae
風構/かぜがまえ/かざがまえ kazegamae/kazagamae
Hangul:안석 anseok
Stroke order animation

Radical 16 or radical table (几部), meaning small table, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

is also the 16th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. 𠘨 is an associated indexing component affiliated to the principal component . In addition, the identical character used in Simplified Chinese for used to ask "how many" for small amounts or to mean "a few, some, almost, nearly" does not have any historical connection to the "table" character.

Evolution[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

Strokes Characters
+0
+1 (=凡) (=凡)
+2 SC (= -> )
+3 JP (= -> ) JP
+4 (= -> ) JP JP SC (= -> )
+5
+6 SC (=)
+7
+9
+10
+12 (= -> )

Literature[edit]

  • 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
  • KangXi: page 133, character 16

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