Radical 16
Radical 16, meaning small table, is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
| 几 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 几 (U+51E0) "small table" | ||
| Pinyin: | jī | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐ一 | |
| Wade–Giles: | chi1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gei1 | |
| Jyutping: | gei1 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | kí | |
| Kana: | つくえ tsukue | |
| Kanji: | 机 tsukue 風構 kazagamae | |
| Hangul: | 안석 anseok | |
| Sino-Korean: | 궤 gwe | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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The identical character 几 used in Simplified Chinese for 幾 used to ask "how many" for small amounts or to mean "a few, some, almost, nearly" does not have any historical connection to the "table" character.
Characters with Radical 16
Chu bamboo and slip script character
Shuowen seal script character
Liushutong character
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 几 |
| 1 additional stroke | 凡 凢 凣 |
| 2 additional strokes | 凤 |
| 3 additional strokes | 凥 処 凧 |
| 4 additional strokes | 凨 凩 凪 凫 |
| 5 additional strokes | 凬 |
| 6 additional strokes | 凭 凮 凯 |
| 7 additional strokes | 巬 |
| 9 additional strokes | 凰 |
| 10 additional strokes | 凱 凲 |
| 12 additional strokes | 凳 凴 |
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: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
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