Radical 127
| 耒 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 
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| 耒 (U+8012) "plough" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | lěi | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄌㄟˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | lei3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | leui6, loi6 | |
| Jyutping: | leoi6, loi6 | |
| Japanese Kana: | ライ rai (on'yomi) すき suki (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 뢰 roe | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | (Left) 耒偏/すきへん sukihen らいすき raisuki[1] | |
| Hangul: | 쟁기 jaenggi | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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Radical 127 or radical plough (耒部) meaning "plough" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 84 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
耒 is also the 122nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
- 
			 Bronze script character Bronze script character
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			 Large seal script character Large seal script character
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			 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 耒 | 
| +2 | 耓 | 
| +3 | 耔 | 
| +4 | 耕 耖 耗 耘 耙 | 
| +5 | 耚 耛 耜 耝 耞 耟 | 
| +6 | 耠 | 
| +7 | 耡 耢SC (=耮) | 
| +8 | 耣 耤 耥 | 
| +9 | 耦 耧SC (=耬) | 
| +10 | 耨 耩 耪 | 
| +11 | 耫 耬 | 
| +12 | 耭 耮 | 
| +14 | 耯 | 
| +15 | 耰 | 
| +16 | 耱 耲 | 
Variant forms
Traditionally, the first stroke of this radical character is a right-to-left slash. In Simplified Chinese xin zixing, it becomes a horizontal stroke. A similar change was also applied to Japanese jōyō kanji, while hyōgai kanji remain unchanged.
| Trad. Chinese Korean | Japanese | Simp. Chinese | 
|---|---|---|
| 耒 耕 耘 | 耒 耕 耘 | 耒 耕 耘 | 
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.
References
- ^ 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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