Radical 80
| 毋 | |
|---|---|
Radical 80 (U+2F4F)
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| 毋 (U+6BCB) "mother, do not" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | wú |
| Bopomofo: | ㄨˊ |
| Wade–Giles: | wu2 |
| Cantonese Yale: | mòuh |
| Jyutping: | mou4 |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | bû |
| Japanese Kana: | ブ bu / ム mu (on'yomi) なかれ nakare (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 무 mu |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | なかれ nakare ははのかん hahanokan |
| Hangul: | 말 mal |
| Stroke order animation | |
| File:毋-order.gif | |
Radical 80 or radical do not (毋部) meaning "mother" or "do not" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes. Chinese characters with a similar component 母 "mother" may also be classified under this radical.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 16 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
毋 is also the 99th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In the Hokkien language, 毋 is often used to represent the negation particle [m̩], spelled m̄ in Peh-oe-ji and Tai-lo.
Evolution
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
[edit | edit source]| Strokes | Characters |
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| +0 | 毋SC/TC/毋JP 毌 |
| +1 | 母 |
| +2 | 毎JP (=每) |
| +3 | 每 毐 |
| +4 | 毑 毒TC/毒JP |
| +9 | 毒SC 毓 |
Sinogram
[edit | edit source]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
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