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Radical 172

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Pinyin:
  
zhuī

Wade–Giles:
  
chui1

Jyutping:
  
zeoi1

Bopomofo:
  
ㄓㄨㄟ

Cantonese Yale:
  
jeui1

Hiragana:
  
スイ, とり sui, tori

Radical 172

Radical 172 meaning "small bird" or "short-tailed bird" is 1 of 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 8 strokes.

Contents

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 233 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 172

There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this third stroke of this radical. In the Kangxi Dictionary and in Japanese,a vertical line slanting upwards to the right is used on top of the first horizontal line. In China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dash slanting downwards to the right, or Radical 3, on top of the horizontal line is used.

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. 

    • References

    Radical 172 Wikipedia
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