Radical 4

"丿" redirects here. It is not to be confused with the Japanese kana ノ ("no").

丿
Radical 4 (U+2F03)
丿 (U+4E3F) "slash"
Pinyin:	撇 piě
Bopomofo:	ㄆ一ㄝˇ
Wade–Giles:	p'ieh3
Jyutping:	pit3
Cantonese Yale:	pit3
Hiragana:	の no
Kanji:	ノ kana-no
Hangul:	삐침 ppichim
Sino-Korean:	별 byeol
Stroke order animation

Radical 4 meaning "slash" or "bend" is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 33 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical. It is highly similar to the Japanese kana, no (ノ).

Radical 4 is one of the eight elements of 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) and thus basic to Chinese calligraphy.

Characters with Radical 4

Small seal script character

strokes	character
without additional strokes	丿乀乁
1 additional stroke	乂乃乄
2 additional strokes	久乆乇么义乊之乡
3 additional strokes	乌乏
4 additional strokes	乍乎乐
5 additional strokes	丢乑（眾）乒乓乔
6 additional strokes	乕
7 additional strokes	乖
8 additional strokes	乗
9 additional strokes	乘

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

External links

Unihan Database - U+4E3F

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radical 004.

Chinese radicals according to the Kangxi Dictionary

1 stroke	1 一 2 丨 3 丶 4 丿 5 乙 6 亅

2 strokes	7 二 8 亠 9 人 10 儿 11 入 12 八 13 冂 14 冖 15 冫 16 几 17 凵 18 刀 19 力 20 勹 21 匕 22 匚 23 匸 24 十 25 卜 26 卩 27 厂 28 厶 29 又

3 strokes	30 口 31 囗 32 土 33 士 34 夂 35 夊 36 夕 37 大 38 女 39 子 40 宀 41 寸 42 小 43 尢 44 尸 45 屮 46 山 47 巛 48 工 49 己 50 巾 51 干 52 幺 53 广 54 廴 55 廾 56 弋 57 弓 58 彐 59 彡 60 彳

4 strokes	61 心 62 戈 63 戶 64 手 65 支 66 攴 67 文 68 斗 69 斤 70 方 71 无 72 日 73 曰 74 月 75 木 76 欠 77 止 78 歹 79 殳 80 毋 81 比 82 毛 83 氏 84 气 85 水 86 火 87 爪 88 父 89 爻 90 爿 91 片 92 牙 93 牛 94 犬

5 strokes	95 玄 96 玉 97 瓜 98 瓦 99 甘 100 生 101 用 102 田 103 疋 104 疒 105 癶 106 白 107 皮 108 皿 109 目 110 矛 111 矢 112 石 113 示 114 禸 115 禾 116 穴 117 立

6 strokes	118 竹 119 米 120 糸 121 缶 122 网 123 羊 124 羽 125 老 126 而 127 耒 128 耳 129 聿 130 肉 131 臣 132 自 133 至 134 臼 135 舌 136 舛 137 舟 138 艮 139 色 140 艸 141 虍 142 虫 143 血 144 行 145 衣 146 西

7 strokes	147 見 148 角 149 言 150 谷 151 豆 152 豕 153 豸 154 貝 155 赤 156 走 157 足 158 身 159 車 160 辛 161 辰 162 辵 163 邑 164 酉 165 釆 166 里

8 strokes	167 金 168 長 169 門 170 阜 171 隶 172 隹 173 雨 174 靑 175 非

9 strokes	176 面 177 革 178 韋 179 韭 180 音 181 頁 182 風 183 飛 184 食 185 首 186 香

10 strokes	187 馬 188 骨 189 高 190 髟 191 鬥 192 鬯 193 鬲 194 鬼

11 strokes	195 魚 196 鳥 197 鹵 198 鹿 199 麥 200 麻

12 strokes	201 黃 202 黍 203 黑 204 黹

13 strokes	205 黽 206 鼎 207 鼓 208 鼠

14 strokes	209 鼻 210 齊

15 strokes	211 齒

16 strokes	212 龍 213 龜

17 strokes	214 龠

See also: Kangxi radicals

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