Radical 214

Radical 214 meaning "flute" is the only one of the 214 Kangxi radicals that is composed of 17 strokes, making it the radical that requires the most strokes.

龠
Radical 214 (U+2FD5)
龠 (U+9FA0) "flute"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:yuè
Bopomofo:ㄩㄝˋ
Wade–Giles:yüeh4
Cantonese Yale:yeuk6
Jyutping:joek6
Japanese Kana:ヤク yaku
ふえ fue
Sino-Korean:약 yak
Names
Japanese name(s):龠 yaku
Hangul:피리 piri
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 21 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 214

strokescharacter
without additional strokes龠
4 additional strokes䶳 龡 𪛊
5 additional strokes龢
8 additional strokes䶴 龣 𪛋 𪛌 𪛍
9 additional strokes龤 龥 𪛎 𪛏 𪛐 𪛑
10 additional strokes䶵 𪛒
11 additional strokes 𪛓
12 additional strokes 𫜴
14 additional strokes 𪛔
16 additional strokes 𪛕
20 additional strokes 𪛖

Literature

  • 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
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