Radical 117

立
Radical 117 (U+2F74)
立 (U+7ACB) "stand, erect"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:lì
Bopomofo:ㄌㄧˋ
Wade–Giles:li4
Cantonese Yale:laap6
Jyutping:laap6, lap6
Japanese Kana:リュウ ryū / リツ ritsu (on'yomi)
た-つ ta-tsu / た-てる ta-teru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:립 rip
Names
Chinese name(s):(Left) 立字旁 lìzìpáng
(Top) 立字頭/立字头 lìzìtóu
Japanese name(s):立/たつ tatsu
(Left) 立偏/たつへん tatsuhen
Hangul:설 seol
Stroke order animation

Radical 117 or radical stand (立部) meaning "stand" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 101 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

立 is also the 116th 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 立
+2 竌 竍
+3 竎 竏
+4 竐 竑 竒 (=奇 -> 大) 竓 竔 竕 竖SC (=豎 -> 豆) 竗
+5 竘 站 竚 (=佇 -> 人) 竛 竜Chiefly JP (=龍 -> 龍) 竝 (=並 -> 一) 竞SC (=競)
+6 竡
+7 竢 (=俟 -> 人) 竣 竤 (=竑) 童 竦 竧
+8 竨 竩 竪JP/GB TC (=豎 -> 豆) 竫 靖
+9 竬 竭 端 竰
+11 竮 竱
+12 竲 竳 竴
+13 竵 (=歪 -> 止)
+15 競 竷
+17 竸

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram it is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a first grade kanji and means to stand up.[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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