Radical 121

缶
Radical 121 (U+2F78)
缶 (U+7F36) "jar"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:fǒu
Bopomofo:ㄈㄡˇ
Wade–Giles:fou3
Cantonese Yale:fau2
Jyutping:fau2
Japanese Kana:フ fu / フウ fū (on'yomi)
ほとぎ hotogi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:부 bu
Names
Japanese name(s):缶 ほとぎ
(Left) 缶偏/ほとぎへん hotogihen
缶/かん kan
Hangul:장군 janggun
Stroke order animation

Radical 121 or radical jar (缶部) meaning "jar" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 77 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

缶 is also the 133rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

In Japanese, 缶 is the shinjitai form of 罐, but the two characters are historically irrelevant.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 缶
+2 缷 (=卸 -> 卩)
+3 缸
+4 缹 缺 缼 (=缺)
+5 缻 (=缶‎) 缽
+6 缾 (=瓶 -> 瓦) 缿 罀
+8 罁 罂SC (=罌)
+10 罃
+11 罄 罅 罆
+12 罇 (=樽 -> 木) 罈 罉
+13 罊 罋 (=甕 -> 瓦)
+14 罌
+15 罍
+16 罎 (=罈) 罏
+18 罐

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.