Radical 82

毛
Radical 82 (U+2F51)
毛 (U+6BDB) "fur, hair"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:máo
Bopomofo:ㄇㄠˊ
Wade–Giles:mao2
Cantonese Yale:mòuh
Jyutping:mou4
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:mô͘
Japanese Kana:モウ mō
ボウ bō
(on'yomi)
け ke (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:모 mo
Names
Chinese name(s):毛字底 máozìdǐ
Japanese name(s):毛/け ke
Hangul:털 teol
Stroke order animation

Radical 82 or radical fur (毛部) meaning "fur" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 211 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

毛 is also the 82nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

The character is a Chinese family name, and often refers to the Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 毛
+3 毜 毝
+4 毞 毟
+5 毠 毡
+6 毢 毣 毤 毥 毦 毧 毨 毩 毪
+7 毫 毬 毭 毮
+8 毯 毰 毱 毲 毳 毴 毵SC (=毿) 毶SC (=𣯶)
+9 毷 毸 毹 毺 毻 毼 毽
+10 毾
+11 毿 氀 氁 氂
+12 氃 氄 氅 氆 氇SC (=氌)
+13 氈 氉 氊
+14 氋
+15 氌
+18 氍
+22 氎

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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