Radical 172

Radical 172 meaning "small bird" or "short-tailed bird" is 1 of 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 8 strokes.

Radical 172 (U+2FAB)
(U+96B9) "small bird"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:zhuī
Bopomofo:ㄓㄨㄟ
Wade–Giles:chui1
Cantonese Yale:jeui1
Jyutping:zeoi1
Japanese Kana:スイ, とり sui, tori
Sino-Korean:추 chu
Hán-Việt:chuy
Names
Japanese name(s):舊隹 furutori[1]
Hangul:새 sae
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 233 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 172

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There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this third stroke of this radical. In the Kangxi Dictionary and in Japanese,a vertical line slanting upwards to the right is used on top of the first horizontal line. In China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dash slanting downwards to the right, or Radical 3, on top of the horizontal line is used.

Kangxi Dictionary
Japan
Korea
China
Taiwan
Hong Kong

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.

References

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