Radical 7
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二 | ||
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二 (U+4E8C) "two" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | èr | |
Bopomofo: | ㄦˋ | |
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | ell | |
Wade–Giles: | êrh4 | |
Cantonese Yale: | yih | |
Jyutping: | ji6 | |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | jī | |
Japanese Kana: | ニ ni (on'yomi) ふた(つ) futa(tsu) (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 이 i | |
Names | ||
Hangul: | 두 du | |
Stroke order animation | ||
Radical 7 or radical two (二部) meaning "two" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 29 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In Simplified Chinese dictionaries and some Hong Kong Traditional Chinese dictionaries, radical 7 (radical two) is merged with radical 1 (Radical one, 一).
Evolution
[edit]- Oracle bone script character
- Bronze script character
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
[edit]Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 二 |
+1 | 亍 于 亏 |
+2 | 云 互 亓 五 井 亖 |
+3 | 亗 |
+4 | 亚 亘 亙 |
+5 | 些 亜 |
+6 | 亝 亞 亟 㐩 |
Literature
[edit]- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2