Radical 194
| 鬼 | ||
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oni (kun'yomi) | ||
| Sino-Korean: | 귀 gwi | |
| Hán-Việt: | quỷ, khuỷu, quẽ, quỉ | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 鬼/おに oni 鬼繞/きにょう kinyō | |
| Hangul: | 귀신 gwisin | |
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Radical 194 or radical ghost (鬼部) meaning "strokes.
鬼 (9 strokes in Simplified Chinese) is also the 184th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character -
Bronze script character -
Large seal script character -
Small seal script character
The character is historically composed of 厶 taken to represent a swirl of vapour, or a demon's tail.
The character can be traced to the oracle bone script, where it depicts a man kneeling on a monster head.
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 鬼 |
| +3 | 鬽 (=魅) |
| +4 | 鬾 鬿 魀 魁 魂 |
| +5 | 魃 魄 魅 魆 |
| +6 | 魇SC (=魘) |
| +7 | 魈 魉SC (=魎) |
| +8 | 魊 魋 魌 魍 魎 魏 |
| +10 | 魐 |
| +11 | 魑 魒 魓 魔 |
| +12 | 魕 魖 |
| +14 | 魗 魘 魙 |
Most of the characters derived from the radical have meanings related to ghosts or souls, including State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn period.
Variant forms
| Kangxi Dict. Trad. Chinese (TW/HK/MO) Japanese Korean |
Mainland China |
|---|---|
| 鬼 | 鬼 |
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: ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Li, Leyi: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
- Harbaugh, Rick, Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary, Yale University Press (1998), ISBN 978-0-9660750-0-7.[1]
- Childs-Johnson, Elizabeth (江伊莉), 甲骨文的“鬼”与假面具 (The Gui-Spirit in Oracle Bone Inscriptions), International Conference Celebrating the 95th Anniversary of the Discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions", Anyang, China, 1994.
See also
External links
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GF 0011-2009 Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components prescribes 201 principle indexing components and 100 associated indexing components (in brackets) used in Simplified Chinese. Not all associated indexing components are listed above. | |
