Radical 4
Radical 4 meaning "slash" or "bend" is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.
| 丿 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 丿 (U+4E3F) "slash" | ||
| Pinyin: | piě | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄆ一ㄝˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | p'ieh3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | pit3 | |
| Jyutping: | pit3 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | phia̍t | |
| Kana: | の no | |
| Kanji: | ノ kana-no | |
| Hangul: | 삐침 ppichim | |
| Sino-Korean: | 별 byeol | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 33 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. It is highly similar to the Japanese kana, no (ノ).
Radical 4 is one of the eight elements of 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) and thus basic to Chinese calligraphy.
Characters with Radical 4
Small seal script character
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 丿乀 乁 |
| 1 additional stroke | 乂 乃 乄 |
| 2 additional strokes | 久 乆 乇 么 义 乊 之 乡 |
| 3 additional strokes | 乌 乏 |
| 4 additional strokes | 乍 乎 乐 |
| 5 additional strokes | 丢 乑（眾） 乒 乓 乔 |
| 6 additional strokes | 乕 |
| 7 additional strokes | 乖 |
| 8 additional strokes | 乗 |
| 9 additional strokes | 乘 |
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 (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.
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