Radical 151

豆
Radical 151 (U+2F96)
豆 (U+8C46) "bean"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:dòu
Bopomofo:ㄉㄡˋ
Wade–Giles:tou4
Cantonese Yale:dau2, dau6
Jyutping:dau2, dau6
Japanese Kana:トウ tō / ズ zu (on'yomi)
まめ mame (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:두 du
Names
Chinese name(s):豆字旁 dòuzìpáng
Japanese name(s):豆/まめ mame
(Left) 豆偏/まめへん mamehen
Hangul:콩 kong
Stroke order animation

Radical 151 or radical bean (豆部) meaning "bean" is one of the 214 Kangxi radicals. It is one of 20 which are composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 68 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

豆 is also the 152nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 豆
+3 豇 豈
+4 豉
+6 豊JP (=豐) 豋
+8 豌 豍 豎
+10 豏
+11 豐
+13 豑 (=秩 -> 禾)
+18 豒 (=秩 -> 禾)
+20 豓 (=豔)
+21 豔

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram 豆 is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] Specifically it is a third grade kanji.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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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