Radical 188 or radical bone () meaning "

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" is one of the 8 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 10

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. In the ''

Kangxi Dictionary The ''Kangxi Dictionary'' ( (Compendium of standard characters from the Kangxi period), published in 1716, was the most authoritative dictionary of Chinese characters from the 18th century through the early 20th. The Kangxi Emperor of the Qing ...

'', there are 185 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. (9 strokes in Simplified Chinese) is also the 182nd indexing component in the ''

Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components ''The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' () is a lexicographic tool used to order the Chinese characters in mainland China. The specification is also known as GF 0011-2009. In China's normative documents, "radical" is defined as any ...

'' predominantly adopted by

Simplified Chinese Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to: Mathematics Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example * Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...

dictionaries published in

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

Evolution

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Oracle bone script Oracle bone script () is an ancient form of Chinese characters that were engraved on oracle bonesanimal bones or Turtle shell#Plastron, turtle plastrons used in pyromancy, pyromantic divination. Oracle bone script was used in the late 2nd millen ...

character File:骨-bigseal.svg,

Large seal script The large seal script or great seal script () is a traditional reference to Chinese writing from before the Qin dynasty (i.e. before 221 BCE), and is now popularly understood to refer narrowly to the writing of the Western and early Eastern Zhou ...

character File:骨-seal.svg, Small seal script character

Derived characters

Variant Forms

This radical character is written in different countries and regions. Traditionally, the In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', the twist inside the upper component () is positioned to the right (◲, ), and the lower part of the character is 月 with the first stroke vertical (This component means "meat" instead of "moon". See

Radical 130 Radical 130 or radical meat () meaning "meat" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes. When used as a left component, the radical character transforms into in Simplified Chinese and Japanese or in modern T ...

肉). This form is inherited in modern Japanese, Korean, and Hong Kong Traditional Chinese. In Taiwan standard (), while the upper twist is positioned to the right, the lower component meaning "meat" (

肉) became (two horizontal strokes become a dot and a rising stroke) to distinguish from 月 ("moon", Radical 74). In mainland China, the ''

xin zixing The xin zixing () is a standardized form of Chinese character set in mainland China based on the 1964 "List of character forms of Common Chinese characters for Publishing" () as compared to ''jiu zixing'' (). The standard is based on regular script ...

'' (new printing typeface) reform stipulates that the twist inside the upper component is positioned to the left (◱, ), while the lower part remains unchanged. This form is used in modern Simplified Chinese (Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia) and also in Traditional Chinese publications in mainland China. A more ancient form of this radical character is 人 inside the frame, from which the "orthodox" form found in the ''Kangxi Dictionary'' and the ''xin zixing'' form is derived. Both derived forms along with the ancient form had been used in ancient publications and writing. File:骨-mingti-kangxi.svg, ''Kangxi Dictionary'' File:骨-torder.gif, Stroke order in Taiwan standard File:骨-jorder.gif, Stroke order in Hong Kong and Japanese standard File:骨-order.gif, Stroke order in Simplified Chinese

Literature

External links

Unihan Database - U+9AA8
{{Simplified Chinese radicals 188

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