Radical 2

丨
Radical 2 (U+2F01)
丨 (U+4E28) "line, stick"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:gǔn
Bopomofo:ㄍㄨㄣˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:goen
Wade–Giles:kun3
Cantonese Yale:kwán
Jyutping:kwan2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:khún
Japanese Kana:コン kon (on'yomi)
ぼう bō (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:곤 gonn
Hán-Việt:cổn
Names
Chinese name(s):豎/竖/竪 shù
Japanese name(s):棒/ぼう bō (stick)
縦棒/たてぼう tatebō (vertical stick)
Hangul:뚫을 tturheul
Stroke order animation

Radical 2 or radical line (丨部) meaning "vertically connected"[1] is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 21 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

丨 is also the 2nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 亅 being its associated indexing component (used to be associated with 乛 prior to the new standard in 2009).

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 丨
+1 丩
+2 个SC/variant (=個 -> 人) 丫
+3 中 丮 丯 丰SC/JP/丰TC (also SC/JP form of 豐 -> 豆) 书SC (=書 -> 曰)
+4 丱
+6 串
+7 丳
+8 临SC (=臨 -> 臣)
+9 丵

In calligraphy

The vertical line as in 永

The only stroke in radical line, known as 豎/竖/竪 shù "vertical", is called 努 nǔ in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

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 (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. ^ 《說文解字》:“丨,上下通也。” Shuowen Jiezi: "丨" means vertically connected.