Radical 176

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Radical 176 (U+2FAF)
(U+9762) "face"
Pinyin: miàn
Bopomofo: ㄇ一ㄢˋ
Wade–Giles: mien4
Jyutping: min6
Cantonese Yale: min6
Hiragana: ベン, メン ben, men
おもて omote
Kanji: 面 men
Hangul: 낯 nat[1]
Sino-Korean: 면 myeon

Radical 176 meaning "face" is 1 of 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 9 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 66 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 176

strokes character
without additional strokes 面 靣
5 additional strokes
6 additional strokes
7 additional strokes
12 additional strokes
14 additional strokes

References

  1. Oh Hyung Min. "Hanja History Trek - Chinese radical entries site". Retrieved 2011-04-07. 

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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