Radical 212

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seal script of radical 212
seal script of radical 212

Radical 212 meaning "Chinese dragon" is one of only two of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 16 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only 14 characters (out of 40 000) to be found under this radical.

Pinyin: long
Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥ
Hiragana: たつ tatsu
Kanji: 竜 tatsu
Hangeul: 용
Sino-Korean: 룡 (Yale: lyong)

[edit] Characters with Radical 212

strokes character
without additional strokes
2 additional strokes
3 additional strokes 龏龐龘
4 additional strokes
5 additional strokes
6 additional strokes 龓龔龕
16 additional strokes
9 additional strokes

[edit] Literature

  • Edoardo Fazzioli: “Chinese Calligraphy: From Pictograph to Ideogram: The History of 214 Essential Chinese/Japanese Characters”. Abbeville Press, 2005. ISBN-13 978-0789208705
  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN-13 978-7561902042
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