Radical 7

Radical 7 meaning "two" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

Radical 7 (U+2F06)
(U+4E8C) "two"
Pinyin:èr
Bopomofo:ㄦˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:ell
Wade–Giles:êrh4
Cantonese Yale:yih
Jyutping:ji6
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:
Kana:に ni
Kanji:二 ni
Hangul:두 du
Sino-Korean:이 i
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 29 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 7

strokescharacter
without additional strokes
1 additional stroke
2 additional strokes
3 additional strokes
4 additional strokes
5 additional strokes
6 additional strokes

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo. 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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