Radical 67

← 66 Radical 67 (U+2F42) 68 →
(U+6587) "script, literature"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:wén
Bopomofo:ㄨㄣˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:wen
Wade–Giles:wên2
Cantonese Yale:màhn, mahn
Jyutping:man4, man6
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:bûn
Japanese Kana:ブン bun / モン mon (on'yomi)
ふみ fumi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:문 mun
Names
Chinese name(s):(Top) 文字頭/文字头 wénzìtóu
文字旁 wénzìpáng
Japanese name(s):文/ぶん bun
文繞/ぶんにょう bunnyō
文旁/ふみづくり fymitsukuri
Hangul:글월 geurwol
Stroke order animation

Radical 67 or radical script (文部) meaning "script" or "literature" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 93rd 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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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+2 SC (= -> ) SC (= -> )
+4 JP (= -> )
+6 SC (= -> )
+7 (= -> ) JP (= -> )
+8
+9
+12 SC (=斕)
+15
+17
+19

The Unihan Database classifies the Simplified Chinese character and Japanese shinjitai and under this radical. However, actually belongs to radical 齐 (齊) (Simplified Chinese characters radical #140, =Kangxi Radical 210) in mainland China's standard[1] and Simplified Chinese dictionaries; and usually falls under radical 斉 (齊) (or "齊 (斉)" depending on each dictionary's standard) in Japanese dictionaries.

Sinogram

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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.[2] It is a first grade kanji.[2]

References

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  1. ^ GB13000.1字符集汉字部首归部规范 Specification for Identifying Indexing Components of GB 13000.1 Chinese Characters Set [sic]
  2. ^ 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.

Literature

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