Radical 135
Radical 135 or radical tongue (舌部) meaning "tongue" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 舌 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 
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| 舌 (U+820C) "tongue" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | shé | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕㄜˊ | |
| Wade–Giles: | she2 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | sit6 | |
| Jyutping: | sit6, sit3 | |
| Japanese Kana: | セツ setsu / ゼチ zechi (on'yomi) した shita (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 설 seol | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | (Left) 舌字旁 shézìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 舌/した shita | |
| Hangul: | 혀 hyeo | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 31 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
舌 is also the 134th 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
 Large seal script character Large seal script character
 Small seal script character Small seal script character
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 舌 | 
| +2 | 舍 舎JP (=舍) 舏 | 
| +4 | 舐 | 
| +5 | 舑 | 
| +6 | 舒 | 
| +8 | 舓 (=舐) 舔 舕 | 
| +9 | 舖 (=鋪 -> 金) 舗 | 
| +10 | 舘 (=館 -> 食) | 
| +12 | 舙 (=話 -> 言 / 咠 -> 口) | 
| +13 | 舚 | 
Variant forms
    
In the Kangxi Dictionary and in modern Traditional Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan, this radical character begins with a horizontal stroke, while in other languages, it begins with a left-falling stroke.
| Kangxi Dictionary Modern Trad. Chinese | Simp. Chinese Japanese Korean | 
|---|---|
| 舌 | 舌 | 
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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