Radical 2
{{Short description|Kangxi radical}}
{{About|the second Chinese character component|Radical two (二)|Radical 7|Radical second (乙)|Radical 5|Square root of 2|Square root of 2}}
{{Infobox Kangxi radical|2
| uni = 4E28
| meaning = line, stick
| pny = gǔn
| bopo = ㄍㄨㄣˇ
| gr = goen
| wade = kun3
| jyutping = kwan2
| yale = kwán
| poj = khún
| cn = 豎/竖/竪 shù
| onyomi = コン kon
| kunyomi = ぼう bō
| jp = 棒/ぼう bō (stick)
縦棒/たてぼう tatebō (vertical stick)
| hang = 뚫을 tturheul
| hanja = 곤 gonn
| hanviet = cổn
}}
Radical 2 or radical line ({{Lang|zh-hant|丨部}}) meaning "vertically connected"{{Lang|zh-Hant|《說文解字》：“丨，上下通也。”}} Shuowen Jiezi: "丨" means vertically connected. is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 21 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
{{Lang|zh-Hans|丨}} is also the 2nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with {{Lang|zh-cn|亅}} being its associated indexing component (used to be associated with {{Lang|zh-cn|乛}} prior to the new standard in 2009).
Evolution
Derived characters
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! Strokes !! Characters | |
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| +0 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|丨}} |
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| +1 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|丩}} |
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| +2 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|个}}SC/variant (={{Linktext|個}} -> 人) {{Linktext|丫}} |
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| +3 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|中}} {{Linktext|丮}} {{Linktext|丯}} {{Linktext|丰|lang=zh-Hans}}SC/JP/{{Linktext|丰|lang=zh-Hant}}TC (also SC/JP form of {{Linktext|豐}} -> 豆) {{Linktext|书}}SC (={{Linktext|書}} -> 曰) |
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| +4 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|丱}} |
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| +6 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|串}} |
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| +7 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|丳}} |
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| +8 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|临}}SC (=臨 -> 臣) |
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| +9 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|丵}} |
In calligraphy
The only stroke in radical line, known as {{Lang|zh|豎/竖/竪}} shù "vertical", is called {{Lang|zh|努}} nǔ in the eight principles of the character 永 ({{Linktext|永字八法}} Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.
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 }}
- {{cite book|last= Leyi |first= Li |title= Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases |year= 1993 |location= Beijing |isbn= 978-7-5619-0204-2 }}
References
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