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Radical 7

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Pinyin:
  
èr

Gwoyeu Romatzyh:
  
ell

Cantonese Yale:
  
yih

Bopomofo:
  
ㄦˋ

Wade–Giles:
  
êrh

Jyutping:
  
ji6

Radical 7

Radical 7 meaning "two" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 29 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo. 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

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