Radical 18
Chinese character radical

| 刂 | |
|---|---|
| Radical 18 (U+2F11) | |
| 刂 (U+5202) "component-only side form of 刀" | |
| Names | |
| Chinese name(s): | 立刀旁 lìdāopáng |
| Japanese name(s): | 立刀/りっとう rittō |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 18 or radical knife (刀部) meaning "knife" is one of 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 2 strokes.
When appearing at the right side of a Chinese character, it usually transforms into 刂.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 377 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
刀 is also the 22nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, 刂 and ⺈, are affiliated to the principal indexing component 刀.
01Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 刀 刁 刂component only |
| +1 | 刃SC/KO/刃TC/刃JP 刄 (=刃) |
| +2 | 刅 分 切 刈 |
| +3 | 刉 刊 刋 (=刊) 刌 刍SC (=芻 -> 艸) |
| +4 | 刎 刏 刐 刑 划 刓 刔 刕 刖 列 刘SC (=劉) 则SC (=則) 刚SC (=剛) 创SC (=創) |
| +5 | 刜 初 刞 刟 删SC variant (=刪) 刡 刢 刣 判 別TC/JP variant 刦 (=劫 -> 力) 刧 (=劫 -> 力) 刨 利 刪TC/JP variant 别SC variant (=別) 刬SC (=剗) 刭SC (=剄) |
| +6 | 刮 刯 到 刱 (=創) 刲 刳 刴 (=剁) 刵 制 刷 券 刹SC/JP (=剎) 刺 刻 刼 (=劫 -> 力) 刽SC (=劊) 刾SC (=㓨) 刿SC (=劌) 剀SC (=剴) 剁 剂SC (=劑) |
| +7 | 剃 剄 剅 剆 則 剈 剉 削 剋 剌 前 剎 剏 (=創) 剐SC (=剮) 剑SC (=劍) |
| +8 | 剒 剓 剔 剕 剖 剗 剘 剙 (=創) 剚 剛 剜 剝 剞 剟 剠 剡 剢 剣JP (=劍) 剤JP (=劑) 剥SC/JP (=剝) 剦 (=閹 -> 門) 剧SC (=劇) 剮GB TC variant |
| +9 | 剨 剪 剫 剬 剭 剮Traditional variant 副 剰JP (=剩) 剱JP nonstandard (=劍) |
| +10 | 剩 割 剳 剴 創 剶 |
| +11 | 剷 剸 剹 剺 剻 剼 剽 剾 剿 |
| +12 | 劀 劁 劂 劃 劄 |
| +13 | 劅 劆 劇 劈 劉 劊 劋 劌 劍 劎 (=劍) 劏 |
| +14 | 劐 劑 劒 (=劍) 劓 劔 (=劍) |
| +15 | 劕 |
| +17 | 劖 |
| +19 | 劗 劘 |
| +21 | 劙 劚 |
02Sinogram
As an isolated character it is one of the kyōiku kanji or a kanji taught in second grade.
03Literature
- 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
Sources and credits
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