Radical 8
{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}
{{About|Radical lid|Radical eight (八)|Radical 12}}
{{Kangxi Radical Infobox|8|uni=4EA0
|meaning=lid, head
|pny= tóu (=頭/头)
|bopo=ㄊㄡˊ
|gr= tour
|wade= t{{wg-apos}}ou2
|jyutping= tau4
|yale= tàuh
|poj= thâu (col.)
thô͘ (lit.)
|cn= 點橫/点横 diǎnhéng
文字頭/文字头 wénzìtóu
|onyomi= トウ tō
|jp=鍋蓋/なべぶた nabebuta
卦算冠/けいさんかんむり kēsankanmuri
|hang=돼지해머리 dwaejihaemeori
|hanja=두 do
|hanviet=đầu
}}
Radical 8 or radical lid ({{Lang|zh-Hant|亠部}}), whose meaning as an independent word is unknown, but is often interpreted to be a "lid" when used as a radical. Of the 214 Kangxi radicals, Radical 8 is one of 23 which are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 38 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
{{Lang|zh-Hans|亠}} is also the 17th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
File:亠-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| +0 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亠}} (component only) |
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| +1 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亡}} |
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| +2 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|六}} {{Linktext|卞}} {{Linktext|亢}} {{Linktext|亣}} |
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| +4 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|交}} {{Linktext|亥}} {{Linktext|亦}} {{Linktext|产}}SC (={{Linktext|產}} -> 生) |
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| +5 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亨}} {{Linktext|亩}}SC (={{Linktext|畝}} -> 田) {{Linktext|亪}} |
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| +6 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|享}} {{Linktext|京}} |
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| +7 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亭}} {{Linktext|亮}} {{Linktext|亯}} {{Linktext|亰}} (=京) {{Linktext|亱}} (={{Linktext|夜}} -> 夕) {{Linktext|亲}}SC (={{Linktext|親}} -> 見) |
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| +8 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亳}} |
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| +10 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亴}} {{Linktext|亵}}SC (={{Linktext|褻}} -> 衣) |
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| +11 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亶}} {{Linktext|亷}} (={{Linktext|廉}} -> 广) |
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| +14 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亸}}SC (={{Linktext|嚲}} -> 口) |
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| +19 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亹}} |
Variant forms
There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. Traditionally, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line was used in printing, while a slanted dash is preferred in handwriting.
The vertical dot form is used in the Kangxi Dictionary, modern Japanese and Korean typefaces. In Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dot on top of the horizontal line is the standard form, though the traditional form with a vertical dot is also widely used in Traditional Chinese typefaces and in some cases Simplified Chinese typefaces.
Both forms are acceptable in handwriting in each language.
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| Kangxi Dictionary Japan Korea !Mainland China |
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| style="font-size:6em;font-family:serif;line-height:100%;"
|lang="ja"|亠 |lang="zh"|亠 |
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}}