Radical 128
Radical 128 or radical ear (耳部) meaning "ear" in English is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 耳 | ||
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| 耳 (U+8033) "ear" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | ěr | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄦˇ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | eel | |
| Wade–Giles: | êrh3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | yíh | |
| Jyutping: | ji5 | |
| Japanese Kana: | ジ ji / ニ  ni (on'yomi) みみ mimi (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 이 i | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 耳字旁 ěrzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 耳/みみ mimi 耳偏/みみへん mimihen | |
| Hangul: | 귀 gwi | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 172 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
耳 is also the 124th 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 Oracle bone script character
 Bronze script character Bronze script character
 Large seal script character Large seal script character
 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
    
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 耳 | 
| +1 | 耴 | 
| +2 | 耵 | 
| +3 | 耶 耷 | 
| +4 | 耸SC (=聳) 耹 耺 耻SC (=恥) 耼 (=聃) 耽 耾 耿 聀 (=職) 聁 聂SC (=聶) | 
| +5 | 聃 聄 聅 聆 聇 聈 聉 聊 聋SC (=聾) 职SC (=職) 聍SC (=聹) | 
| +6 | 聎 聏 聐 聑 聒 聓 (=婿 -> 女) 联SC (=聯) 聠 | 
| +7 | 聕 聖 聗 聘 | 
| +8 | 聙 聚 聛 聜 聝 聞 聟 聡JP (=聰) 聢 聣 | 
| +9 | 聤 聥 聦 (=聰) 聧 聨 聩SC (=聵) 聪SC (=聰) 聫 (=聯) | 
| +10 | 聬 聭 | 
| +11 | 聯 聰 聱 聲 聳 | 
| +12 | 聮 (=聯) 聴JP (=聽) 聵 聶 職 | 
| +13 | 聸 | 
| +14 | 聹 聺 聻 聼 (=聽) | 
| +16 | 聽 聾 | 
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.
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