Radical 91 or radical slice () meaning " slice" or " film" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 4

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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 77 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 84th 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

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dictionaries published in

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Evolution

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

Derived characters

Variant forms

This radical character takes different forms in Taiwan and in other regions. In Taiwan's

Standard Form of National Characters The ''Standard Form of National Characters'' or the ''Standard Typefaces for Chinese Characters'' () is the Standard language, standardized form of Chinese characters set by the Ministry of Education (Republic of China), Ministry of Education of th ...

, the second (vertical) stroke and the third (horizontal) stroke share the same ending point, while in other standards, the second stroke ends at the middle of the third stroke.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent

Chinese character Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanj ...

. It is one of the

Kyōiku kanji , also known as is a list of 1,026 kanji and associated readings developed and maintained by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan), Japanese Ministry of Education that prescribes which kanji, and which readin ...

or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a fifth grade kanji.

References

Literature

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External links

Unihan Database - U+7247
{{Simplified Chinese radicals Kyōiku kanji 091 084