Radical 101

用
Radical 101 (U+2F64)
用 (U+7528) "use"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:yòng
Bopomofo:ㄩㄥˋ
Wade–Giles:yung4
Cantonese Yale:yung6
Jyutping:jung6
Japanese Kana:ヨウ yō / ユウ yū (on'yomi)
もち-いる mochiiru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:용 yong
Names
Japanese name(s):用/もちいる mochiiru
Hangul:쓸 sseul
Stroke order animation

Radical 101 or radical use (用部) meaning "use" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 10 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.[1]

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 用 甩
+1 甪
+2 甫 甬
+4 甭 甮
+7 甯 (=寧 -> 宀)

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[2] It is a second grade kanji.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Unihan data for U+7528". Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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