Radical 47 Explained

Uni:5DDB
Meaning:river
Pny:chuān
Bopo:ㄔㄨㄢ
Gr:chuan
Wade:chuan1
Jyutping:cyun1
Yale:chyūn[1]
Poj:chhoan
Cn:三拐 sānguǎi
Onyomi:セン sen
Kunyomi:かわ kawa
Kanji:川/かわ kawa
曲がり川/まがりがわ magarigawa
曲げ川/まげかわ magekawa
三本川/さんぼんがわ sanbongawa
Hang:내 nae
Hanja:천 cheon

Radical 47 or radical river meaning "river" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 26 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 60th 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
+8 JP (=巢)
+12

Literature

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: On-line Chinese Tools - Chinese Character Dictionary . Erik E. Peterson . 2011-04-08 .