Radical 150

谷
Radical 150 (U+2F95)
谷 (U+8C37) "valley"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:gǔ
Bopomofo:ㄍㄨˇ
Wade–Giles:ku3
Cantonese Yale:guk1
Jyutping:guk1, juk6
Japanese Kana:コク koku (on'yomi)
たに tani (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:곡 gok
Names
Japanese name(s):谷/たに tani
Hangul:골 gol
Stroke order animation

Radical 150 or radical valley (谷部) meaning "valley" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 54 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

谷 is also the 162nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

The character 谷 is also used as a Chinese surname.

In Simplified Chinese, 谷 is used as the simplified form of 穀 (grain).

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 谷
+3 谸
+4 谹 谺 谻
+6 谼
+7 谽
+8 谾
+10 谿 (=溪 -> 水) 豀 (=溪 -> 水) 豁
+11 豂
+12 豃
+15 豄
+16 豅

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji.[1]

References

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

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