Radical 128

{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}

{{Infobox Kangxi radical

|128|uni=8033

|meaning= ear

|pny= ěr

|bopo= ㄦˇ

|gr= eel

|wade= êrh3

|jyutping= ji5

|yale= yíh

|cn= 耳字旁 ěrzìpáng

|onyomi= ジ ji / ニ ni

|kunyomi= みみ mimi

|jp= 耳/みみ mimi
耳偏/みみへん mimihen

|hang= 귀 gwi

|hanja= 이 i

}}

Radical 128 or radical ear ({{Lang|zh-Hant|耳部}}) meaning "ear" in English is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 172 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

{{Lang|zh-Hans|耳}} is also the 124th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

File:耳-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character

File:耳-bronze.svg|Bronze script character

File:耳-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character

File:耳-seal.svg|Small seal script character

Derived characters

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! Strokes !! Characters

+0style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|耳}}
+1style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|耴}}
+2style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|耵}}
+3style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|耶}} {{Linktext|耷}}
+4style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|耸}}SC (=聳) {{Linktext|耹}} {{Linktext|耺}} {{Linktext|耻}}SC (={{Linktext|恥}}) {{Linktext|耼}} (=聃) {{Linktext|耽}} {{Linktext|耾}} {{Linktext|耿}} {{Linktext|聀}} (=職) {{Linktext|聁}} {{Linktext|聂}}SC (=聶)
+5style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聃}} {{Linktext|聄}} {{Linktext|聅}} {{Linktext|聆}} {{Linktext|聇}} {{Linktext|聈}} {{Linktext|聉}} {{Linktext|聊}} {{Linktext|聋}}SC (=聾) {{Linktext|职}}SC (=職) {{Linktext|聍}}SC (=聹)
+6style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聎}} {{Linktext|聏}} {{Linktext|聐}} {{Linktext|聑}} {{Linktext|聒}} {{Linktext|聓}} (={{Linktext|婿}} -> ) {{Linktext|联}}SC (=聯) {{Linktext|聠}}
+7style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聕}} {{Linktext|聖}} {{Linktext|聗}} {{Linktext|聘}}
+8style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聙}} {{Linktext|聚}} {{Linktext|聛}} {{Linktext|聜}} {{Linktext|聝}} {{Linktext|聞}} {{Linktext|聟}} {{Linktext|聡}}JP (=聰) {{Linktext|聢}} {{Linktext|聣}}
+9style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聤}} {{Linktext|聥}} {{Linktext|聦}} (=聰) {{Linktext|聧}} {{Linktext|聨}} {{Linktext|聩}}SC (=聵) {{Linktext|聪}}SC (=聰) {{Linktext|聫}} (=聯)
+10style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聬}} {{Linktext|聭}}
+11style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聯}} {{Linktext|聰}} {{Linktext|聱}} {{Linktext|聲}} {{Linktext|聳}}
+12style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聮}} (=聯) {{Linktext|聴}}JP (=聽) {{Linktext|聵}} {{Linktext|聶}} {{Linktext|職}}
+13style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聸}}
+14style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聹}} {{Linktext|聺}} {{Linktext|聻}} {{Linktext|聼}} (=聽)
+16style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|聽}} {{Linktext|聾}}

Sinogram

Independently it is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.{{Cite web |title=The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo |url=https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.kanshudo.com}} It is a first grade kanji.

See also

  • {{nihongo|{{ill|Mimi and Mi|lt=Mimi|ja|ミミおよびミ}}|ミミ、耳、彌彌、美美}} a Japanese morpheme sometimes written with the character

References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|last= Fazzioli |first= Edoardo |others= calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko |title= Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters |year= 1987 |publisher= Abbeville Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-89659-774-1 }}