Radical 143 or radical blood (血部) meaning "blood" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 60 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
血 is also the 138th 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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Oracle bone script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 血 |
+3 | 衁 衂 (=衄) |
+4 | 衃 衄 |
+5 | 衅SC (=釁 -> 酉) |
+6 | 衆JP/KO/GB TC (=眾 -> 目) 衇 (=脈 -> 肉) 衈 衉 |
+15 | 衊 |
+18 | 衋 |
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram it is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a third 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.
Further reading
- 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.
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