Radical 165

釆
Radical 165 (U+2FA4)
釆 (U+91C6) "distinguish"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:biàn
Bopomofo:ㄅㄧㄢˋ
Wade–Giles:pien4
Cantonese Yale:bin6
Jyutping:bin6
Japanese Kana:ハン han / ベン ben (on'yomi)
わかれる wakareru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:변 byeon
Hán-Việt:biện
Names
Japanese name(s):ノ米/のごめ nogome
ノ米偏/のごめへん nogomehen
Hangul:분별할 bunbyeolhal
Stroke order animation

Radical 165 or radical distinguish (釆部) meaning "distinguish" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 14 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

釆 is also the 161st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 釆
+1 采 (also SC form of 採 -> 手)
+4 釈JP (=釋)
+5 釉 释SC (=釋)
+13 釋

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.