Radical 6 Explained

Uni:4E85
Meaning:hook
Pny:jué
Bopo:ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Wade:chüeh2
Jyutping:kyut3
Yale:kyut
Poj:koat
Cn:豎鉤/豎鈎/竖钩 shùgōu
Hang:갈고리 galgori
Hanja:궐 gwol
Onyomi:ケツ ketsu
Jp:撥棒/はねぼう hanebō
かぎ kagi

Radical 6 or radical hook meaning "hook" is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 19 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

In Simplified Chinese, this radical is merged to Radical 2 . In the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components, is listed as an associated indexing component of . However, it is often omitted in mainstream dictionaries, including Xiandai Hanyu Cidian.

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2 (= -> / -> )
+3
+5 SC/JP (= -> )
+7 (=事)
+8

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