Radical 7

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Radical 7 (U+2F06)
(U+4E8C) "two"
Pinyin: èr
Bopomofo: ㄦˋ
Wade–Giles: erh4
Jyutping: ji6
Cantonese Yale: yi6
Hiragana: に ni
Kanji: 二 ni
Hangul: 두 do
Sino-Korean: 이 i

Radical 7 meaning "two" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 29 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 7

小篆(seal script character)
strokes character
without additional strokes
1 additional stroke 亍 于 亏 亐(日文簡軆)
2 additional strokes 云 互 亓 五 井 亖
3 additional strokes
4 additional strokes 亘 亙 亚(簡軆)
5 additional strokes 些 亜(日文簡軆)
6 additional strokes 亝(韓文簡軆) 亞 亟

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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