Radical 16
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 几 used in Simplified Chinese for 幾 "a few, some, almost, nearly" does not have any historical connection to the "table" character.
Characters with Radical 16
strokes | character |
without additional strokes | 几 |
1 additional stroke | 凡 凢 凣 |
2 additional strokes | 凤 |
3 additional strokes | 凥 処 凧 |
4 additional strokes | 凨 凩 凪 凫 |
5 additional strokes | 凬 |
6 additional strokes | 凭 凮 凯 |
7 additional strokes | 巬 |
9 additional strokes | 凰 |
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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