Radical 27 or radical cliff () meaning "
cliff
In geography and geology, a cliff or rock face is an area of Rock (geology), rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical. Cliffs are formed by the processes of weathering and erosion, with the effect of gravity. ...
" is one of the 23
Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two
strokes.
In the ''
Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 129 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this
radical.
is also the 7th indexing component in the ''
Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by
Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in
mainland China
"Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
, with being its associated indexing component. Though the Chinese character shares the same form as the simplified form of (''chǎng'', variant: ) which means "factory", the two are historically irrelevant in terms of meanings.
Evolution
File:厂-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script character
File:厂-bronze.svg, Bronze script character
File:厂-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character
File:厂-seal.svg, Small seal script character
Derived characters
Literature
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External links
Unihan Database - U+5382
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