Radical 83

氏
← 82
Radical 83 (U+2F52)
84 →
氏 (U+6C0F) "clan"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:shì
Bopomofo:ㄕˋ
Wade–Giles:shih4
Cantonese Yale:sih, jī
Jyutping:si6, zi1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:sī
Japanese Kana:シ shi (on'yomi)
うじ uji (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:씨 ssi
Names
Japanese name(s):氏/うじ uji
Hangul:성 seong
Stroke order animation

Radical 83 or radical clan (氏部) meaning "clan" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 10 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

氏 is also the 89th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

氏

民

An eye (目) with an object.

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0氏
+1氐 民
+2氒
+4氓

Sinogram

As an independent Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a fourth grade kanji.

Literature

References

  1. 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.