Radical 102 or radical field () meaning " field" is number 102 out of 214

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s. It is one of the 23 radicals composed of 5 strokes. With 192 signs derived from this character in the '' Kangxi Dictionary'', it has a frequency somewhat below average. is also the 106th indexing component in the ''

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'' predominantly adopted by

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. The character is a pictograph of a rice field with irrigation channels. There are several variants of the radical, which may also have other meanings. Signs derived from this character mostly belong to the agricultural sphere, such as , a unit of area, , a field worker, or "cattle".

Evolution

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character File:田-seal.svg,

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character

Derived characters

In Chinese astrology, represents the ninth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Monkey in the

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. In other signs such as "coin", the radical has merely phonetic significance. In other cases, it is present due to assimilation of a similar but originally distinct radical, as in "stomach". In the ancient Chinese cyclic character numeral system ''tiāngān'', represents the first Celestial stem.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent

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. It is one of the

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or kanji taught in elementary school in

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. It is a first grade kanji.

References

Literature

* *Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993, *Rick Harbaugh, ''Chinese Characters: A Genealogy and Dictionary'', Yale University Press (1998),

External links

Unihan Database - U+7530
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