Radical 6

{{Infobox Kangxi radical

|6|uni=4E85

|meaning=hook

|pny= jué

|bopo=ㄐㄩㄝˊ

|wade= chüeh2

|jyutping= kyut3

|yale= kyut

|poj= koat

|cn= 豎鉤/豎鈎/竖钩 shùgōu

|hang=갈고리 galgori

|hanja=궐 gwol

|onyomi=ケツ ketsu

|jp=撥棒/はねぼう hanebō
かぎ kagi

|hanviet=quyết

}}

Radical 6 or radical hook ({{Lang|zh-Hant|亅部}}) meaning "hook" is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 19 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

In Simplified Chinese, this radical is merged to Radical 2 {{Lang|zh-Hans|丨}}. In the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components, {{Lang|zh-Hans|亅}} is listed as an associated indexing component of {{Lang|zh-Hans|丨}}. However, it is often omitted in mainstream dictionaries, including Xiandai Hanyu Cidian.

Evolution

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

Derived characters

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! Strokes !! Characters

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| +0

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

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| +1

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

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| +2

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亇}} (={{Linktext|个}} -> 丨 / {{Linktext|個}} -> 人)

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| +3

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

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| +5

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|争}}^SC/JP (={{Linktext|爭}} -> 爪)

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| +7

style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亊}} (=事)

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| +8

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

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 }}

External links

[https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=4E85 Unihan Database - U+4E85]

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