Radical 127

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← 126 Radical 127 (U+2F7E) 128 →
(U+8012) "plough"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:lěi
Bopomofo:ㄌㄟˇ
Wade–Giles:lei3
Cantonese Yale:leui6, loi6
Jyutping:leoi6, loi6
Japanese Kana:ライ rai (on'yomi)
すき suki (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:뢰 roe
Names
Japanese name(s):(Left) 耒偏/すきへん sukihen
らいすき raisuki[1]
Hangul:쟁기 jaenggi
Stroke order animation

Radical 127 or radical plough (耒部) meaning "

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is also the 122nd 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
+2
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7 SC (=耮)
+8
+9 SC (=耬)
+10
+11
+12
+14
+15
+16

Variant forms

Traditionally, the first stroke of this radical character is a right-to-left slash. In Simplified Chinese xin zixing, it becomes a horizontal stroke. A similar change was also applied to Japanese jōyō kanji, while hyōgai kanji remain unchanged.

Trad. Chinese
Korean
Japanese Simp. Chinese
耒 耕 耘 耒 耕 耘 耒 耕 耘

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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