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Radical 211

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Pinyin:
  
chǐ

Gwoyeu Romatzyh:
  
chyy

Cantonese Yale:
  
chí

Bopomofo:
  
ㄔˇ

Wade–Giles:
  
chʻih

Jyutping:
  
ci2

Radical 211

Radical 211 meaning "teeth" is the only one of the 214 Kangxi radicals that is composed of 15 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only 21 characters (out of 40 000) to be found under this radical.

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

    • References

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