Radical 58

{{Short description|Kangxi radical}}

{{Infobox Kangxi radical

|58|uni=5F50

|meaning=pig snout

|pny= jì

|bopo= ㄐㄧˋ

|wade= chi4

|jyutping= gai3

|yale= gai

|poj= kī

|cn= 雪字底 xuězìdǐ
尋字頭/寻字头 xúnzìtóu

|onyomi= ケイ kei

|kunyomi= けいがしら keigashira

|jp= 彑頭/けいがしら keigashira
豕頭/いのこがしら inokogashira

|hang= 돼지머리 dwaeji meori

|hanja= 계 gye

}}

Radical 58 or radical snout ({{Lang|zh-Hant|彐部}}) meaning "pig snout" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 25 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

{{Linktext|彐|lang=zh-Hans}} is also the 50 indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, {{Linktext|⺕|lang=zh-Hans}} and {{Linktext|彑|lang=zh-Hans}}, are affiliated to the principal indexing component {{Lang|zh-Hans|彐}}.

Evolution

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

Derived characters

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! Strokes !! Characters

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| +0

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彐}} {{Linktext|彑}}
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| +2

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|归}}SC(={{Linktext|歸}} -> )
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| +3

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|当}}SC/JP(={{Linktext|當}} -> )
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| +5

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彔}} {{Linktext|录}}SC (= {{Linktext|錄}} -> / 彔)
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| +6

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彖}}
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| +7

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|兼}}
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| +8

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彗}}
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| +9

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彘}}
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| +10

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彙}} {{Linktext|彚}} (=彙)
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| +13

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彛}} (=彝) {{Linktext|彜}} (=彝)
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| +15

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彝}} {{Linktext|彞}} (=彝)
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| +19

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彟}}SC (=彠)
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| +23

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|彠}}

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= Lunde |first= Ken |title= CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing |edition= Second |date= Jan 5, 2009 |publisher= O'Reilly Media |location= Sebastopol, Calif. |isbn= 978-0-596-51447-1 |chapter= Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets |chapter-url= http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596514471/cjkvip2e-appJ.pdf }}