Radical 91

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← 90 Radical 91 (U+2F5A) 92 →
(U+7247) "slice"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:piàn
Bopomofo:ㄆㄧㄢˋ
Wade–Giles:p'ien4
Cantonese Yale:pin
Jyutping:pin3
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:phiàn
Japanese Kana:ヘン hen (on'yomi)
かた kata (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:편 pyeon
Names
Chinese name(s):片字旁 piànzìpáng
Japanese name(s):片/かた kata
片偏/かたへん katahen
Hangul:조각 jogak
Stroke order animation

Radical 91 or radical slice (片部) meaning "slice" or "film" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 77 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 84th 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
+4
+5
+8 SC (=牘)
+9
+10
+11
+15

Variant forms[edit]

This radical character takes different forms in Taiwan and in other regions. In Taiwan's Standard Form of National Characters, the second (vertical) stroke and the third (horizontal) stroke share the same ending point, while in other standards, the second stroke ends at the middle of the third stroke.

Chinese
(Mainland China)
Chinese
(Taiwan)
Japanese

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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