When the formation data identifies 艮 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
艮
Radical 138 of 214 · 6 strokes
Stopping
gěn
Unicode uses 艮 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is Kangxi radical 138; trigram ☶; hexagram ䷳. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
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Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
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良liánggood, virtuous, respectableDetails+
formation note
Formation: Pictograph of a hallway, now written as 廊. The character is based on the original meaning "hallway", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.
Formation source · Dong Chinese Lexicon- Category radical
- 艮 stopping
- Visual structure
- 丶 + 艮
HSK words with 良4 words in this course
艰jiāndifficult, hard; hardshipDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Semantic–phonetic formation: 艮 contributes the broad semantic category “tough”; 堇 contributes the historical pronunciation.
- Category radical
- 艮 stopping
- Visual structure
- 又 + 艮
- Also indexed under
- 又 again
HSK words with 艰3 words in this course
艱jiāndifficult, hard; hardshipDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 艮 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound.
- 艮Semantic componentblunt
- 堇Phonetic componentclay
- Category radical
- 艮 stopping
- Visual structure
- 堇 + 艮
HSK words with 艱3 words in this course
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.