Radical 161

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Radical 161 (U+2FA0)
(U+8FB0) "morning"
Pinyin: chén
Bopomofo: ㄔㄣˊˇ
Wade–Giles: ch'en2
Jyutping: san4
Cantonese Yale: san4
Hiragana: シン shin
たつ tatsu
Kanji: 辰の辰 shinnotatsu
Hangul: 별 byeol
Sino-Korean: 신 sin

Radical 161 meaning "morning" is 1 of 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 15 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

In Chinese astrology, 辰 represents the fifth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.

Characters with Radical 161

strokes character
without additional strokes
3 additional strokes
6 additional strokes
8 additional strokes
12 additional strokes

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. 
  • Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets". CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second Edition ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1. 

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