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Radical 105 of 214 · 5 strokes

Dotted tent

Unicode uses as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is legs; Kangxi radical 105. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.

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Semantic role

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

Phonetic role

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

Radical classification

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to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair癶 radicalHSK 37 extra strokesDetails
pictographic formation

Formation: Depicts a person standing on their two feet, pulling back a bowstring, about to shoot an arrow. Conveys the meaning "shoot; send out".

  • Pictographic component(foot); stop
  • Pictographic component(foot); stop
  • Pictographic componentbow (archery)
  • Pictographic componentcharacterless component
  • Pictographic component(hand); again
Formation source · Dong Chinese Lexicon
Category radical
dotted tent
Visual structure
癶 + 弓 + 殳
dēngto rise, to mount, to board, to climb癶 radicalHSK 47 extra strokesDetails
semantic–phonetic

Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 舛 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound. Depicts climbing up with two feet (舛).

  • Semantic component(two feet); mistaken; contradictory
  • Phonetic componentbean; (bowl)
Formation source · Dong Chinese Lexicon
Category radical
dotted tent
Visual structure
癶 + 豆

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.