Radical 17 or radical open box () is one of 23 of the 214

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. As for the similar radicals 22

匚 Radical 22 or radical right open box () meaning "box" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two strokes. In the '' Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 64 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. In Trad ...

and 13 冂, the name of radical 17 is purely descriptive of its shape, 下三框 "lower three-sided frame".

Evolution

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Derived characters

The radical does not occur as a character on its own. In combination, it historically takes meanings such as "open mouth", "box", "frame", "hole" or "receptacle". Also derived from the radical are the Simplified Chinese characters including "to hit", without any historical connection to the radical. "deep, dark" is derived from

radical 46 Radical 46 or radical mountain () meaning "mountain" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes. It is found in the names of mountains generally in east Asia. In the ''Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 636 chara ...

(山 "mountain") rather than radical 17.

Literature

* *Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, * KangXi:
page 134
character 17

External links

Unihan Database - U+51F5
{{Simplified Chinese radicals

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