Radical 7
Radical 7 or radical two (二部) meaning "two" is one of 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 2 strokes.
| 二 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 
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| 二 (U+4E8C) "two" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | èr | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄦˋ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | ell | |
| Wade–Giles: | êrh4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | yih | |
| Jyutping: | ji6 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | jī | |
| Japanese Kana: | ニ ni (on'yomi) ふた(つ) futa(tsu) (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 이 i | |
| Names | ||
| Hangul: | 두 du | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 29 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In Simplified Chinese dictionaries and some Hong Kong Traditional Chinese dictionaries, radical 7 (radical two) is merged with radical 1 (Radical one, 一).
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 | 二 | 
| +1 | 亍于亏 | 
| +2 | 云互亓五井亖 | 
| +3 | 亗 | 
| +4 | 亚亘亙𠄦𠄧 | 
| +5 | 些亜𠄩 | 
| +6 | 亝亞亟𠄯㐩 | 
| +7 | 𠄳 | 
| +8 | 𠄶 | 
| +9 | 𠄺 | 
| +10 | 𠄻 | 
| +11 | 𠄼𠄽 | 
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.
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
See also
    
    
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