Radical 56 Explained

Uni:5F0B
Meaning:shoot, arrow
Pny:
Bopo:ㄧˋ
Wade:i4
Jyutping:jik6
Yale:yihk
Poj:e̍k
Onyomi:ヨク yoku
Kunyomi:いぐるみ igurumi
Jp:式構/しきがまえ shikigamae
Hang:주살 jusal
Hanja:익 ik

Radical 56 or radical shoot meaning "shoot" or "arrow" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 15 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 35th 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
+1 (= -> , one)
+2 (= -> / -> Radical, two)
+3 (= -> , three) (type, ceremony, formula, etc.) (= -> )
+9 SC/variant (=弒)
+10 (to murder one's sovereign or parents)

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