Radical 194

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鬼
Radical 194 (U+2FC1)
鬼 (U+9B3C) "ghost, demon"
Pinyin: guǐ
Bopomofo: ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Wade–Giles: kuei3
Jyutping: gwai2
Cantonese Yale: gwai2
Hiragana: キ, おに ki, oni
Kanji: 鬼 oni
鬼繞 kinyō
Hangul: 귀신 gwisin
Sino-Korean: 귀 gwi

Radical 194 (鬼 Unicode U+9B3C, pinyin guǐ meaning "ghost or demon") is one of eight out of the total 214 Kangxi radicals written with ten strokes.

The character is historically composed of 儿 "legs", 田 representing a large demon's head and a curl looking similar to 厶 taken to represent a swirl of vapour, or a demon's tail. The character can be traced to the oracle bone script, where it depicts a man kneeling on a monster head.

Most of the characters derived from the radical have meanings related to ghosts or souls, including 魔 "devil, demon", 魑 "black magic", 魘 "nightmare", 魄 "soul". In some signs, however, the radical is present purely as a phonetic marker, for example in 魏, the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.

Derived characters

seal script character
Strokes Characters
+ 0 鬼
+ 3 鬽
+ 4 鬾 鬿 魀 魁 魂
+ 5 魃 魄 魅 魆
+ 6 魇
+ 7 魈 魉
+ 8 魊 魋 魌 魍 魎 魏
+10 魐
+11 魑 魒 魓 魔
+12 魕 魖
+14 魗 魘 魙

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. 
  • Li, Leyi: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
  • Harbaugh, Rick, Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary, Yale University Press (1998), ISBN 978-0-9660750-0-7.
  • Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth (江伊莉), 甲骨文的“鬼”与假面具 (The Gui-Spirit in Oracle Bone Inscriptions), International Conference Celebrating the 95th Anniversary of the Discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions", Anyang, China, 1994.

See also

  • Chinese ghosts
  • Oni (folklore)

External links

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Chinese radicals according to the Kangxi Dictionary
1 stroke
1 一 2 丨 3 丶 4 丿 5 乙 6 亅
2 strokes
7 二 8 亠 9 人 10 儿 11 入 12 八 13 冂 14 冖 15 冫 16 几 17 凵 18 刀 19 力 20 勹 21 匕 22 匚 23 匸 24 十 25 卜 26 卩 27 厂 28 厶 29 又
3 strokes
30 口 31 囗 32 土 33 士 34 夂 35 夊 36 夕 37 大 38 女 39 子 40 宀 41 寸 42 小 43 尢 44 尸 45 屮 46 山 47 巛 48 工 49 己 50 巾 51 干 52 幺 53 广 54 廴 55 廿 56 弋 57 弓 58 彐 59 彡 60 彳
4 strokes
61 心 62 戈 63 戶 64 手 65 支 66 攴 67 文 68 斗 69 斤 70 方 71 无 72 日 73 曰 74 月 75 木 76 欠 77 止 78 歹 79 殳 80 毋 81 比 82 毛 83 氏 84 气 85 水 86 火 87 爪 88 父 89 爻 90 爿 91 片 92 牙 93 牛 94 犬
5 strokes
95 玄 96 玉 97 瓜 98 瓦 99 甘 100 生 101 用 102 田 103 疋 104 疒 105 癶 106 白 107 皮 108 皿 109 目 110 矛 111 矢 112 石 113 示 114 禸 115 禾 116 穴 117 立
6 strokes
118 竹 119 米 120 糸 121 缶 122 网 123 羊 124 羽 125 老 126 而 127 耒 128 耳 129 聿 130 肉 131 臣 132 自 133 至 134 臼 135 舌 136 舛 137 舟 138 艮 139 色 140 艸 141 虍 142 虫 143 血 144 行 145 衣 146 西
7 strokes
147 見 148 角 149 言 150 谷 151 豆 152 豕 153 豸 154 貝 155 赤 156 走 157 足 158 身 159 車 160 辛 161 辰 162 辵 163 邑 164 酉 165 釆 166 里
8 strokes
167 金 168 長 169 門 170 阜 171 隶 172 隹 173 雨 174 青 175 非
9 strokes
176 面 177 革 178 韋 179 韭 180 音 181 頁 182 風 183 飛 184 食 185 首 186 香
10 strokes
187 馬 188 骨 189 高 190 髟 191 鬥 192 鬯 193 鬲 194 鬼
11 strokes
195 魚 196 鳥 197 鹵 198 鹿 199 麥 200 麻
12 strokes
201 黃 202 黍 203 黑 204 黹
13 strokes
205 黽 206 鼎 207 鼓 208 鼠
14 strokes
209 鼻 210 齊
15 strokes
211 齒
16 strokes
212 龍 213 龜
17 strokes
214 龠
See also: List of Kangxi radicals
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