Radical 121

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← 120 Radical 121 (U+2F78) 122 →
(U+7F36) "jar"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:fǒu
Bopomofo:ㄈㄡˇ
Wade–Giles:fou3
Cantonese Yale:fau2
Jyutping:fau2
Japanese Kana:フ fu / フウ fū (on'yomi)
ほとぎ hotogi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:부 bu
Names
Japanese name(s):缶 ほとぎ
(Left) 缶偏/ほとぎへん hotogihen
缶/かん kan
Hangul:장군 janggun
Stroke order animation

Radical 121 or radical jar (缶部) meaning "

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is also the 133rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

In Japanese, is the shinjitai form of , but the two characters are historically irrelevant.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+2 (= -> )
+3
+4 (=缺)
+5 (=缶‎)
+6 (= -> ) 缿
+8 SC (=罌)
+10
+11
+12 (= -> )
+13 (= -> )
+14
+15
+16 (=罈)
+18

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: .

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