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Radical 70

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← 69 Radical 70 (U+2F45) 71 →
(U+65B9) "square"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:fāng
Bopomofo:ㄈㄤ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:fang
Wade–Giles:fang1
Cantonese Yale:fōng
Jyutping:fong1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:hong
Japanese Kana:ホウ hō (on'yomi)
かた kata (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:방 bang
Names
Chinese name(s):方字旁 fāngzìpáng
Japanese name(s):方偏/かたへん katahen
方偏/ほうへん hōhen
方/ほう hō
Hangul:모 mo
Stroke order animation

Radical 70 or radical square (方部) meaning "square" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 92 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 94th 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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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+4
+5
+6
+7
+8
+9 KO
+10
+12
+13
+14
+15
+16

Sinogram

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The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji.[1]

References

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

Literature

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