Radical 24
Radical 24 meaning ten, complete, or perfect is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes. "十" is two crossed lines. It was originally a vertical line, a pictogram of a needle (now 針), later supplemented by a dot in the center of the stroke which became a short cross-stroke and expanded to the current shape.
In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 55 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 24
| strokes | characters |
|---|
| 0 | 十 |
| 1 stroke | 卂, 千, 卄 |
| 2 strokes | 卅, 卆, 升, 午 |
| 3 strokes | 卉, 半 |
| 4 strokes | 卋, 卌, 卍, 华, 协, 卐, 毕 |
| 5 strokes | |
| 6 strokes | 丧, 卑, 卒, 卓, 協, 单, 卖 |
| 7 strokes | 南 |
| 8 strokes | |
| 9 strokes | 卙 |
| 10 strokes | 博 |
| 19 strokes | 卛, 颦 |
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
External links
See also
- KangXi: page 155, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2695
- Dae Jaweon: page 348, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 58, character 9
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