Radical 185

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Radical 185 or radical head (首部) meaning "head" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.

← 184 Radical 185 (U+2FB8) 186 →
(U+9996) "head"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:shǒu
Bopomofo:ㄕㄡˇ
Wade–Giles:shou3
Cantonese Yale:sau2
Jyutping:sau2
Japanese Kana:シュ shu / シュウ shū (on'yomi)
くび kubi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:수 su
Hán-Việt:thủ, thú
Names
Japanese name(s):首/くび kubi
Hangul:머리 meori
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 187th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
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+2
+8

Sinogram

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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.[1] It is a second grade kanji[1]


References

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  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.

Literature

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