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Radical 103 of 214 · 5 strokes

Bolt of cloth

Unicode uses as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is roll, bolt of cloth; foot. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.

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Semantic role

When the formation data identifies 疋 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.

Phonetic role

Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.

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to doubt, to question, to suspect疋 radicalHSK 49 extra strokesDetails
semantic–phonetic

Formation: Pictograph of a person holding onto a staff, looking to the side with his mouth open, doubtful of which direction to go. The 龰 (foot) component was added later to indicate movement, and the 子 component was added to hint at the sound.

  • Pictographic componentmouth
  • Pictographic componentcharacterless component
  • Phonetic componentson; child
  • Semantic component(foot); stop
Formation source · Dong Chinese Lexicon
Category radical
bolt of cloth
Visual structure
匕 + 矢 + 疋
shūto neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless疋 radicalHSK 67 extra strokesDetails
compound formation

Compound formation: Walking 疋 through uncultivated land 㐬

Category radical
bolt of cloth
Visual structure
疋 + 㐬

Classification: Unicode 17.0 kRSUnicode. Structure: Make Me a Hanzi. Formation: Dong Chinese Lexicon where available, with a documented Make Me a Hanzi fallback. Method and licenses.