Radical 16

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Radical 16 (U+2F0F)
(U+51E0) "small table"
Pinyin:
Bopomofo: ㄐ一
Wade–Giles: chi1
Jyutping: gei1
Cantonese Yale: gei1
Hiragana: つくえ tsukue
Kanji: 机 tsukue
風構 kazagamae
Hangul: 안석 anseok
Sino-Korean: 궤 gwe
Stroke order.

Radical 16, meaning small table, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

Note that the identical character used in Simplified Chinese for "a few, some, almost, nearly" does not have any historical connection to the "table" character.

Characters with Radical 16

seal script character
strokes character
without additional strokes
1 additional stroke 凡 凢 凣
2 additional strokes
3 additional strokes 凥 処 凧
4 additional strokes 凨 凩 凪 凫
5 additional strokes
6 additional strokes 凭 凮 凯
7 additional strokes
9 additional strokes
10 additional strokes 凱 凲
12 additional strokes 凳 凴

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo. 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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