Radical 70

方
Radical 70 (U+2F45)
方 (U+65B9) "square"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:fāng
Bopomofo:ㄈㄤ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:fang
Wade–Giles:fang1
Cantonese Yale:fōng
Jyutping:fong1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:hong
Japanese Kana:ホウ hō (on'yomi)
かた kata (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:방 bang
Names
Chinese name(s):方字旁 fāngzìpáng
Japanese name(s):方偏/かたへん katahen
方偏/ほうへん hōhen
方/ほう hō
Hangul:모 mo
Stroke order animation

Radical 70 or radical square (方部) meaning "square" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 92 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

方 is also the 94th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 方
+4 斺 斻 於
+5 施 斾 斿 旀
+6 旁 旂 旃 旄 旅 旆 旊
+7 旇 旈 旉 旋 旌 旍 旎 族
+8 旐 旑
+9 旒 旓 旔 旕KO
+10 旖 旗
+12 旘 旙
+13 旚
+14 旛
+15 旜 旝 旞
+16 旟

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.[1] It is a second grade kanji.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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