Radical 205

Chinese character radical
← 204 Radical 205 (U+2FCC) 206 →
(U+9EFD) "frog, amphibian"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:mǐn
Bopomofo:ㄇㄧㄣˇ
Wade–Giles:min3
Cantonese Yale:man5
Jyutping:man5
Japanese Kana:ベン, ボー ben, bō
つとめる tsutomeru
Sino-Korean:맹 maeng
Hán-Việt:mãnh
Names
Japanese name(s):黽足 benashi[1]
(べんあし)
Hangul:맹꽁이 maengkkongi
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Radical 205 meaning "frog" or "amphibian" is 1 of 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 13 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 40 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 205

strokes character
without additional strokes 黽 黾
4 additional strokes 黿
5 additional strokes 鼀 鼁 鼂
6 additional strokes 鼃 鼄
8 additional strokes
10 additional strokes
11 additional strokes
12 additional strokes 鼈 鼉 鼊

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.

External links

  • Unihan Database - U+9EFD

References

  1. ^ "Kanji Box - Radicals list with names". Retrieved 2011-04-08.
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See also: Kangxi radicals