Radical 166 or radical village (里部) meaning "village" or "li" (a traditional Chinese unit of distance) is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 14 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
里 is also the 157th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In Simplified Chinese, 裏 or 裡 which mean "inside" is merged to 里.
Evolution
-
Bronze script character -
Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 里 (also SC form of 裏/裡 -> 衣) |
| +2 | 重 |
| +4 | 野 |
| +5 | 量 |
| +11 | 釐 |
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.[1] It is a second grade kanji.[1]
References
- ^ 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
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
External links
Simplified Chinese characters radicals (indexing components) | |
|---|---|
| 1 stroke | |
| 2 strokes | |
| 3 strokes | |
| 4 strokes | |
| 5 strokes | |
| 6 strokes | |
| 7 strokes | |
| 8 strokes | |
| 9 strokes | |
| 10 strokes | |
| 11 strokes | |
| 12 strokes | |
| 13 strokes | |
| 14 strokes |
|
| 17 strokes |
|
GF 0011-2009 Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components prescribes 201 principle indexing components and 100 associated indexing components (in brackets) used in Simplified Chinese. Not all associated indexing components are listed above. | |
