THE MEANING PRONUNCIATION AND NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL 214 CHINESE RADICALS Notes about this list: 1. Not all radicals have a specific pronunciation as

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1 THE MEANING PRONUNCIATION AND NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL 214 CHINESE RADICALS Notes about this list: 1. Not all radicals have a specific pronunciation as they are not always used, as is, as a character for every day use. In this list an effort has been made to give at least a name if not the pronunciation, to each radical. This should be kept well in mind. The information and the spelling in the case of Cantonese is based upon information in the Yale romanisation found in the Chinese English Dictionary of The Chinese University Press ISBN and is the origin of the notes regarding equivalents in Mandarin. Hence you may find the spelling in this list differs from other authorities. 2. While each radical has a meaning, it also has implied meanings. Where these exist they are sometimes listed on a second line. 3. With the advent of the simplified characters, the numbering in Radical charts does not always agree with the Traditional listings owing to the simplified radicals having a lesser stroke count. To accommodate international use the numbers in this list agree with the original Traditional character listings. The chart of simplified characters is listed accordingly for cross checking and will not agree with some dictionaries. Number Radical Meaning Basis Your observations Mandarin/Cantonese 1. One (1) one finger yi / yat 2. Downstroke natural 3. dot natural tian / tin 4. left stroke natural 5. duplicate, seconds two strokes 6. down stroke 7. two(2) two fingers er / yi 8. lid picture of 9. persons, mankind two legs walking ren / yan 10 legs, child alternative drawing er / yih 11. enter two rivers joining ru /yap 12. eight(8) ba- / baat 13. upside down box, restrict, natural / 14. crown, roof, cover natural rong /yung 15. ice compare 85 water / 16. table natural ji /gei 17. open box receptacle natural 18. blade, cut, knife chopper like dao /dou 19. power flexing arm li / lihk 20. wrapping, contain thumb & finger / 21. spoon ladle, measure natural bi / bei 22. box on side natural 23. enclosure boundary lines

2 24. ten (10) digit cancelled shi ` / sahp 25. predict, divine holding a divining rod bu / buk 26. seal, to contain flap / 27. cliff, ledge, hide natural 28. myself, private a nose? / 29. again, &, repeat marked and crossed ye / yauh 30. mouth, port natural kou / hau 31. enclosure, boundary natural 32. ground, earth on flat ground tu~ / tou 33. knight, officer well armed shi / sih 34. step, advance walking / 35. walk slowly longer steps 36. evening, night sun down xi / jihk 37 big arms extended da /aaih 38. female woman at table nuu /neuih 39. child, small item on mothers back zi / ji 40. roof, shaped crown natural / 41. inch, small measure thumb cun /chyun 42. small hands together comp. 37 big xiao / siu 43. mistake, without,lame 44. corpse grave marker shi /si 45. station, set blades of grass tun /jeun 46. mountain three peaks shan /saan 47. river water flowing huan/chuyn 48. work work bench gong /gung 49. self, snake natural ji~ /gei 50. a cloth on a rail jin /gan 51. offend, shield, drain, dry gan /gon 52. tiny, small, child bound up yao /yiu 53. dotted cliff natural / 54. move on, extend, step step / 55. twenty 2 crosses yah /nian 56. sword, dart cutlass type yi /yihk 57. bow (weapon)bend classical shape gong /gung 58. broom, a hand bristles, fingers / 59. short hair 60. step/pace a man s step chi /chik 61. heart, mind hand on the heart xin / sam

3 62. arms/weapons sword with additions ge /gwoh 63. door natural hu /wuh 64. hand arm with fingers extended shou /sau 65. prop, support, brace natural zhi /ji 66. gather, draw together / 67. written language desk or table wen /mahn 68. measure, amount set of balances dou /dau 69. pound in weight,axe jin /gan 70. direction, square, area running? fang /fong 71. not, without, negative wu /mouh 72. sun, day, light hieroglyph :circle with dot ri / yaht 73. talk,say wagging tongue in a mouth yue /yuht 74. moon, month sunsrays reflecting from moon yue / yuht (unusual but frequent use) flesh, body parts 75. tree, wood, timber natural mu / uhk 76. lack, owe, lose a lost arrow qian /him 77. stop hand up & out zhi / chi 78. bad, evil, vicious dai /daai 79. kill, kind of weapon shu /syuh 80. mother mothers breasts wu /mouh 81. than, to compare spoon measure bi / bei 82. hair animal s tail mao /mouh 83. family name zhi /sih 84. spirit, air,gas wind over a cliff nai / aaih 85. water, fluid in general (see abbrv. Version) water drops shui / seui 86. fire, heat asending flames of a fire huo / fo 87. claw, animal like 3 nailed paw zhua / jaau 88. father father s face moustache like fu\ / fuh 89. side 90. wall or side surface 91. strip, slice,side arm and leg pian /pin 92. fang, tooth animal like ya /ngah 93. cow, domestic beast missing a horn niu /ngauh 94. dog, small animal (see side radical begging) quan / hyun 95. dark obscure under the lid huan /yuhn 96. king/jewel All over the ground, superior ang/wohng 97. melon striped apperance gua- /gwa 98. tile interlocking ceramics wa /ngah 99. sweet pot contents gan /gam 100. life, bear, exist cow giving birth sheng /sang

4 101. use land is put to use yong / yung 102. field, area, zone hedged area tian / tihn 103. roll of cloth, step, advance pi / pat 104. sickness restricted ding /ding 105. dotted tent, back to back gui /gwai 106. white, clear, pure pointing to the sun bai / baahk 107. skin, covering pi /peih 108. dish dish rack min /mihng 109. eye, aperture eye with pupil turned 90dg. mu /muhk 110. halberg, lance pole with point and chopper mao /maauh 111. arrow, dispatch, send point and tail feather shi /chi 112. stone pebble something round in hand shi /sehk 113. reveal, show (god) shi /sih 114. track, step 115. growing grain ` flower on tree he /woh 116. empty, space, hole, cave roof over xue / yuht 117. stand, to stand standing,support li /lahp 118. bamboo flowering stalks zhu / juk 119. rice, food, meals sheaf of grain mi /maih 120. thread, silk mi /mihk 121. hill, earthenware cow on mountain top? fou / fau 122. a net enclosed meshlike han /hon 123. sheep two horned beast yang /yeuhng 124. wing feather, bird kind wing like yu~ /yuh 125. age, experience digging into ground lao / louh 126. but, yet, and er / yih 127. a plough wooden share in ground lei /loih 128. ear, hearing, side door ear like shape/lobe er / yih 129. brush, pencil hand holding a bamboo rod yu /wat 130. flesh, body parts hanging side of beef rou / yuhk 131. sujects, subjugate (I) chen /sahn 132. self, I, alone, finger to eye(orntl gesture) zi /jih 133. until, reach, arrive with ground/point zhi / jih 134. a mortar container jiu /kauh 135 tongue, speech, active protruding from mouth she /siht 136. oppose, dancing chuan /chyun 137. ship sails set on mast zhou /jau

5 138. straight, well gen /gan 139. colour se / sik 140. grass, herbs ai,yi/ngaaih 141. tiger hu /fu 142. insect 143. blood caught in a dish xue / hyut 144. go, perform, do step to a place xing /hahng 145. clothing yi /yi 146. west birds in nest at s/s xi /sai 147. see, comprehend man s eye jian / gin 148. horn/corner cutting place jiao / gok 149. say, speech breath out of mouth yan / yihn 150. valley water shed gu~ /guk 151. bean, small items dou /dau 152. pig animal like see dog shi / chi 153. badger, reptile small animal /stripes zhi /jih 154. shell money, value conch type shell bei /bui 155. red, naked, baby ground like chi /chik 156. walk, run foot to ground zou /jau 157. leg, foot, enough leg/knee,foot zu/ /tsuk 158. body, physical parts shen /san 159. vehicle two wheeled cart che / che 160. hard, bitter standing on xin /san 161. celestial, time chen /sahn 162. round about, advance, run yu /yu 163. city, place, district own people yi / yap 164 bottle bottle with contents you /yauh 165. collect, pick hand on plant cai / choi 166. hometown, a distance, furlong field/ground li~ /leih 167. metal, money gold jin /gam 168. long, senior, chief, boss, head zhang/jeung 169. gates, passage, way, through double doors men / mun 170. hill, separate divided fu /fauh 171 possess, slave li / daai 172. bird, birds, flight, wing zhui /jeui 173. rain rain drops on city yu/ /yuh 174. blue, clear, clean, young qing /cheng 175. un/not, prefix to negate closed doors? fei /fei

6 176. a face, surface, or side mian/mihn 177. leather, hides Comp. Bull ge / gaak 178. tanned leather wei /waih 179. vegetable, greens, leeks jiu / gau 180. sound sunrise cores yin / yam 181. page lines on shell ye /yihp 182. wind sail feng /fung 183 fly, jump fei /fei 184. eat, food, meals good for man shi/ /sihk 185. head,neck, main, chief, important shou /sau 186. scent, popular, appetising sun on the grain xiang /heung 187. horse legs tail mane ma /mah 188. bone hollow body part gu/ /gwat 189. high, expensive, gao /gou 190. long hair long + locks mao /mouh 191. strife, strive, compete kings with sticks dou /dau 192. fragrant herbs hang/cheung 193. cauldron lid on pot li /lihk 194. spirit,demon, unseen power gui /gwai 195. fish, basic for all species natural yu / yuh 196. bird, basic for all species eye, wing claws niao /niuh 197. salt lu /louh 198. deer lu /luhk 199. wheat mai /mahk 200. hemp & other ma /mah 201. yellow dry grass in field huang/wohng 202. millet shu /syu 203. black burned off field hei /hak 204. sewing zhi / ji 205. green frog doubled mouth-(croaking) min /mahn 206. tripod spread legs ding /ding 207. drum gu /gu 208. mouse/rat shu /syu 209. nose drawing of nose bi /beih 210. equal, uniform qi /chsai 211. teeth teeth in mouth shape chi / chi 212. dragon long /lung 213. tortoise bui /gwai 214. flute, instrument finger holes yue /yeuhk