Radical 29

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Radical 29 or radical again (又部) meaning "and", "again" or "right hand" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two strokes.

← 28 Radical 29 (U+2F1C) 30 →
(U+53C8) "right hand"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:yòu
Bopomofo:ㄧㄡˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:yow
Wade–Giles:yu4
Cantonese Yale:yauh
Jyutping:jau6
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:
Japanese Kana:ユウ yū (on'yomi)
また mata (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:우 u
Names
Chinese name(s):又字旁 yòuzìpáng
Japanese name(s):又/また mata
Hangul:또 tto
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 91 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 24th 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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The radical character 's ancient form is a pictogram of a right hand from which the modern Chinese character (right) was derived. Though 又 (again) as a modern Chinese character no longer represents the meaning of "right", the implication of "hand" is preserved in some Chinese characters fall under radical 29.

Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2 SC/JP (= -> ) JP (= -> )
+3
+4 SC (= -> / -> )
+5
+6 SC (= -> )
+7 SC/JP/variant (=/ -> )
+8
+11 SC (= -> )
+14
+16

Sinogram

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As an independent sinogram it is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language.[1] It is a secondary school kanji.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Jōyō Kanji Hyō" 常用漢字表 [List of Joyo Kanji] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "KANJI-Link". www.kanji-link.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.

Literature

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