Radical 95 Explained

Uni:7384
Meaning:dark, profound
Pny:xuán
Bopo:ㄒㄩㄢˊ
Wade:hsüan2
Jyutping:jyun4
Yale:yùhn
Onyomi:ケン ken / ゲン gen
Kunyomi:くろい kuroi
Jp:玄/げん gen
Hang:검을 geomeul
Hanja:현 hyeon

Radical 95 or radical profound meaning "dark" or "" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only six characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. In addition, the final dot stroke of the character in the Kangxi Dictionary was omitted to avoid using the same character in Kangxi Emperor's name (see naming taboo).

This radical is not used in Simplified Chinese dictionaries.

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 ("dark, deep, profound, abstruse")
+4 (= -> , "mysterious, subtle, exquisite")
+5 ("now, here; this; time, year")
+6 ("to lead; ratio; rate, frequency; limit") ("black")

Variant forms

There is a design nuance in different printing typefaces for this radical character, akin to the differences found in radical and . Traditionally, the first stroke is a vertical dot in printing typefaces, and the two turning strokes are broken into two respectively to adapt to the carving of movable type systems, and usually there is a gap between the third and the fourth strokes. Currently, in both Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, the first stroke becomes a slant dot, and the discontinuous turning strokes are merged into one to imitate its handwriting form, though the traditional printing form is still widely used in Traditional Chinese publication. The traditional form remains standard in modern Japanese and Korean printing typefaces.

The difference of the upper part 亠 applies to both printing typefaces and handwriting forms; The difference of the lower part 幺 exists only in printing typefaces, not in any handwriting form.

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram it is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language.[1] It is a secondary school kanji.[2] It refers to the color of the night sky.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jōyō Kanji Hyō . ja:常用漢字表 . List of Joyo Kanji . November 7, 2018 . Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan . ja.
  2. Web site: KANJI-Link . 2023-06-02 . www.kanji-link.com . en.