Radical 153 Explained

Uni:8C78
Meaning:badger, legless insect
Pny:zhì
Bopo:ㄓˋ
Wade:chih4
Jyutping:zaai6, zi6
Yale:jaai6, ji6
Onyomi:チ chi / タイ tai
Kunyomi:とける tokeru
Jp:貉偏/むじなへん mujinahen
Hang:발 없는 벌레
bal eomneun beolle
Hanja:치 chi

Radical 153 or radical badger meaning "badger" or "legless insect" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 140 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

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

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+3
+4
+5
+6
+7 (=豻)
+8
+9
+10
+11
+12
+18 (= -> )
+20

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