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Radical 143

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血
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Radical 143 (U+2F8E)
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血 (U+8840) "blood"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:xuè
Bopomofo:ㄒㄩㄝˋ
Wade–Giles:hsüeh4
Cantonese Yale:hyut3
Jyutping:hyut3
Japanese Kana:ケツ ketsu / ケチ kechi (on'yomi)
ち chi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:혈 hyeol
Names
Japanese name(s):血/ち chi
(Left) 血偏/ちへん chihen
Hangul:피 pi
Stroke order animation

Radical 143 or radical blood (血部) meaning "blood" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 60 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

血 is also the 138th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Ideogrammic compound 一 (“drop of blood”) + 皿 (“container”)

Derived characters

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StrokesCharacters
+0血
+3衁 衂 (=衄)
+4衃 衄
+5衅SC (=釁 -> 酉)
+6衆JP/KO/GB TC (=眾 -> 目) 衇 (=脈 -> 肉) 衈 衉
+15衊
+18衋

Sinogram

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As an independent sinogram it is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a third grade kanji.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Further reading

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  • 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.
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