Radical 48
Radical 48 or radical work (工部) meaning "work" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
| 工 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| 工 (U+5DE5) "work" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | gōng | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄍㄨㄥ | |
| Wade–Giles: | kung1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gūng | |
| Jyutping: | gung1 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | kong | |
| Japanese Kana: | コウ kō (on'yomi) たくみ takumi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 공 gong | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 工字旁 gōngzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 工/こう kō 工/たくみ takumi 工偏/たくみへん takumihen エ/え e | |
| Hangul: | 장인 jang'in | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 17 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
工 is also the 28th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
- Oracle bone script character
- Bronze script character
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 工 |
| +2 | 左 巧 巨 |
| +3 | 巩 (also SC form of 鞏 -> Radical 177) 巪KO |
| +4 | 巫 |
| +6 | 差SC variant |
| +7 | 差TC/JP/KO variant |
| +9 | 巯SC (=巰) |
| +10 | 巰 |
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
- "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.
- 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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