Radical 67
Chinese character radical
Radical 67 or radical script (文部) meaning "script" or "literature" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
文 is also the 93rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
01Evolution
02Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 文 |
| +2 | 齐SC (=齊 -> 齊) 刘SC (=劉 -> 刀) |
| +4 | 斉JP (=齊 -> 齊) |
| +6 | 斊 斋SC (=齋 -> 齊) |
| +7 | 斍 (=覺 -> 見) 斎JP (=齋 -> 齊) 斏 |
| +8 | 斌 斐 斑 |
| +9 | 斒 |
| +12 | 斓SC (=斕) |
| +15 | 斔 |
| +17 | 斕 |
| +19 | 斖 |
The Unihan database classifies the Simplified Chinese character 齐 and Japanese shinjitai 斉 and 斎 under this radical. However, 齐 actually belongs to radical 齐 (齊) (Simplified Chinese characters radical #140, =Kangxi Radical 210) in mainland China's standard and Simplified Chinese dictionaries; 斉 and 斎 usually falls under radical 斉 (齊) (or "齊 (斉)" depending on each dictionary's standard) in Japanese dictionaries.
03Sinogram
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. It is a first grade kanji.
04Literature
- 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.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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