Radical 168

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← 167 Radical 168 (U+2FA7) 169 →
(U+9577) "long, grow"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:cháng
Bopomofo:ㄔㄤˊ
Wade–Giles:ch'ang2
Cantonese Yale:cheung4, jeung2
Jyutping:coeng4, zoeng2
Japanese Kana:チョウ chō / ジョウ jō (on'yomi)
なが-い naga-i (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:부 jang
Hán-Việt:trường, trưởng, tràng
Names
Japanese name(s):長い/ながい nagai
Hangul:길장 gil
Stroke order animation
Stroke order of the simplified form

Radical 168 or radical long (長部) meaning "long" or "grow" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 55 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

, the simplified form of , is the 83rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with a variant form and the traditional form listed as its associated indexing components.

Evolution[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

Strokes Characters
+0 SC (=長)
+3
+4
+5
+8
+12
+14

Sinogram[edit]

As an independent sinogram 長 is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is taught in second grade[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "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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