Radical 200 or radical hemp (麻部) meaning "hemp" or "flax" is one of the 6 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 11 strokes. Historically, it is the Chinese word for cannabis.

← 199 Radical 200 (U+2FC7) 201 →
(U+9EBB) "hemp, flax"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄇㄚˊ
Wade–Giles:ma2
Cantonese Yale:ma4
Jyutping:maa4
Japanese Kana:マ ma / バ ba (on'yomi)
あさ asa (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:마 ma
Hán-Việt:ma, mà, mơ
Names
Japanese name(s):麻/あさ asa
麻冠/あさかんむり asakanmuri
Hangul:삼 sam
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 34 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 193rd 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
+0
+3 (=麼)
+4
+7 麿
+8
+9
+13 (=𪎰)

Variant forms

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Sinogram

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As an independent sinogram 麻 is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language. It is a secondary school kanji.[1] It is part of taima (大麻), a Japanese word for cannabis.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "KANJI-Link". www.kanji-link.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

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