Radical 8

Radical 8, whose meaning as an independent word is unknown, but is often interpreted to be a "lid" when used as a radical, is radical 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals and consists of two strokes.

亠
Radical 8 (U+2F07)
亠 (U+4EA0) "lid, head"
Pinyin:	頭 tóu
Bopomofo:	ㄊㄡˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	tour
Wade–Giles:	tʻou^2
Cantonese Yale:	tàuh
Jyutping:	tau4
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	thâu (col.) thô͘ (lit.)
Kana:	なべぶた nabebuta
Kanji:	鍋蓋 nabebuta
Hangul:	자의미상 jauimisang
Sino-Korean:	두 do
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 38 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 8

	strokes	character
	without additional strokes	亠
	1 additional stroke	亡
	2 additional strokes	六 卞 亢 亣
	4 additional strokes	交 亥 亦 产（簡軆）
	5 additional strokes	亨 亩 亪
	6 additional strokes	享 京
	7 additional strokes	亭 亮 亯 亰 亱 亲
	8 additional strokes	亳
	10 additional strokes	亴 亵
	11 additional strokes	亶 亷
	14 additional strokes	亸（簡軆）
	19 additional strokes	亹

There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. In the Kangxi Dictionary and in Japanese, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line is used. In China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dash, or Radical 3, on top of the horizontal line is also used.

Kangxi Dictionary Japan Korea	China Taiwan Hong Kong
亠	亠

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

External links

• Unihan Database - U+4EA0

See also