Radical 42
Radical 42 meaning "small" or "insignificant" is 1 of 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 41 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 42
| strokes | character |
|---|
| without additional strokes | 小 |
| 1 additional stroke | 尐 少 |
| 2 additional strokes | 尒 尓 尔 尕 |
| 3 additional strokes | 尖 尗 尘 当 |
| 5 additional strokes | 尙 尚 |
| 6 additional strokes | 尛 尜 尝 |
| 9 additional strokes | 尞 |
| 10 additional strokes | 尟 尠 |
| 11 additional strokes | 尡 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo. Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: 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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