Radical 193
| 鬲 | ||
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| 
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| 鬲 (U+9B32) "cauldron, tripod" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | lì | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄌㄧˋ | |
| Wade–Giles: | li4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gaak3, lik6 | |
| Jyutping: | gaak3, lik6 | |
| Japanese Kana: | レキ reki (on'yomi) かなえ kanae (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 력 ryeok | |
| Hán-Việt: | cách | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 鬲/かなえ kanae | |
| Hangul: | 다리 굽은 솥 dari gubeun sot | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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Radical 193 or radical cauldron (鬲部) meaning "cauldron" or "tripod" is one of the 8 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 10 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 73 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
鬲 is also the 189th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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			 Oracle bone script character Oracle bone script character
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			 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 | 鬲 | 
| +6 | 鬳 | 
| +7 | 鬴 | 
| +8 | 鬵 鬶SC (=鬹) | 
| +9 | 鬷 | 
| +10 | 鬸 | 
| +11 | 鬹 鬺 | 
| +12 | 鬻 | 
Variant forms
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			.svg.png) Standard form in Japanese and Korean Standard form in Japanese and Korean
 Alternative form in Traditional Chinese
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			.svg.png) Standard form in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese Standard form in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese
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			.svg.png) Alternative form Alternative form
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.
See also
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