Radical 155
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Radical 155 or radical red (赤部) meaning "red" or "bare" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 31 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
赤 is also the 151st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
- Oracle bone script character
- Bronze script character
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 赤 |
| +4 | 赥 赦 赧 |
| +6 | 赨 赩 赪SC (=赬) |
| +7 | 赫 |
| +9 | 赬 赭 赮 |
| +10 | 赯 |
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji
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.