Radical 203

Radical 203 meaning "black" is 1 of 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 12 strokes.

Radical 203 (U+2FCA)
(U+9ED1) "black"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:hēi
Bopomofo:ㄏㄟ
Wade–Giles:hei1
Cantonese Yale:haak1, hak1
Jyutping:haak1, hak1
Japanese Kana:コク koku
くろ, くろい kuro, kuroi
Sino-Korean:흑 heuk
Hán-Việt:hắc
Names
Japanese name(s):黒 kuro
Hangul:검을 geomeul
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 172 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 203

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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.
  • Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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