Radical 116

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(U+7A74) "cave"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:xué
Bopomofo:ㄒㄩㄝˊ
Wade–Giles:hsüeh2
Cantonese Yale:yut6
Jyutping:jyut6
Japanese Kana:ケツ ketsu (on'yomi)
あな ana (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:혈 hyeol
Names
Chinese name(s):穴寶蓋/穴宝盖 xuébǎogài
穴字頭/穴字头 xuézìtóu
Japanese name(s):穴/あな ana
穴冠/あなかんむり anakanmuri
Hangul:구멍 gumeong
Stroke order animation

Radical 116 or radical cave (穴部) meaning "

strokes
.

In the

radical
.

is also the 117th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2 SC (=窮)
+3
+4 (= -> ) 穿 (= -> ) SC (=竊)
+5 SC (=竅) SC (=窵)
+6 SC (=窯) JP (=窗)
+7 SC (=竄) SC (=窩)
+8 SC (=窺) SC (=竇)
+9 SC (=窶)
+10 (=窯)
+11 (=窗)
+12 窿 (= -> ) (= -> )
+13
+14 (=窮)
+15
+16 (= -> )
+17

Variant forms

This radical character takes different forms in different languages. In the Kangxi Dictionary, the first stroke is a vertical dot, and the last stroke of the radical character starts with a short horizontal line when appearing independently (), and becomes a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke when used as an upper component, with an exception of in which the radical's last stroke starts with a short horizontal line (穴+工). In Japanese and Korean hanja, when used as an upper component, the last stroke of the radical character is a vertical-curve-hook stroke . In Traditional Chinese used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, its last stroke is a vertical-curve-horizontal stroke . In Mainland China's xin zixing, it is a rightward dot.

Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Japanese Korean
穴 空 穴 空 穴 空 穴 空

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent

Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fifth grade kanji.[1]



References

  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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