Radical 146

Radical 146 meaning "cover" or "west" is 1 of 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 6 strokes.

Radical 146 (U+2F91)
(U+897E) "cover, west"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄧㄚˋ
Wade–Giles:ya4
Cantonese Yale:ka1, a3
Jyutping:kaa1, aa3
Japanese Kana:アカ, エケ aka, eke
おおう oou
Sino-Korean:아 a
Names
Japanese name(s):西 nishi (にし)
Hangul:덮을 deopeul
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 29 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 146

seal script character
strokescharacter
without additional strokes襾 西 覀
3 additional strokes
5 additional strokes
6 additional strokes覃 覄
7 additional strokes
12 additional strokes
13 additional strokes覇 覈
17 additional strokes
19 additional strokes

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.

See also

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