Radical 14
{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}
{{Infobox Kangxi radical
|14|uni=5196
|meaning= cover
|pny= mì
|bopo= ㄇ一ˋ
|wade= mi4
|jyutping= mik6
|yale= mihk
|poj= be̍k
|cn=禿寶蓋/秃宝盖 tūbǎogài
|onyomi= ベキ beki
|kanji= ワ冠/ワかんむり wakanmuri
平冠/ひらかんむり hirakanmuri
冖冠/べきかんむり bekikanmuri
|hang= 덮을 deopeul
|hanja= 멱 myeok
|hanviet= mịch
}}
Radical 14 or radical cover ({{Lang|zh-Hant|冖部}}), meaning cover, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 30 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
{{Lang|zh-Hans|冖}} is also the 19th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:冖-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character
File:冖-bronze.svg|Bronze script character
File:冖-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| +0 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冖}} |
| +2 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冗}} {{Linktext|冘}} |
| +3 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|写|lang=zh-Hans}}SC/{{Linktext|写|lang=ja}}JP (={{Linktext|寫}} -> 宀) {{Linktext|冚}} |
| +4 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|农}}SC (={{Linktext|農}} -> 辰) |
| +5 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|军}}SC (={{Linktext|軍}} -> 車) {{Linktext|冝}} (={{Linktext|宜}} -> 宀) |
| +6 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冞}} |
| +7 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冟}} (={{Linktext|適}} -> 辵) {{Linktext|冠}} |
| +8 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冡}} {{Linktext|冢}} {{Linktext|冣}} {{Linktext|冤}} {{Linktext|冥}} {{Linktext|冦}} (={{Linktext|寇}} -> 宀) {{Linktext|冧}} |
| +9 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冨}} (={{Linktext|富}} -> 宀) |
| +12 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冩}} (={{Linktext|寫}} -> 宀) |
| +14 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|冪}} |
Literature
- {{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 }}
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, {{ISBN|978-7-5619-0204-2}}
- KangXi: [http://www.kangxizidian.com/kangxi/0130.gif page 130], character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1565
- Dae Jaweon: page 292, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 302, character 14