When the formation data identifies 卩 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
卩
Radical 26 of 214 · 3 strokes
Seal
jié
Unicode uses 卩 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is seal; Kangxi radical 26. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
8 course characters23 character–word links
Semantic–phonetic characters identify the component associated with historical pronunciation.
The primary dictionary radical is shown independently of any claim about modern meaning.
Character index
8 course characters
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卫wèito guard, to protect, to defendDetails+
formation note
Formation: Simplified from the cursive form of the traditional character 衛. Depicts feet (止) walking around, patrolling a street intersection (行).
Formation source · Dong Chinese Lexicon- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 乛 + 一
HSK words with 卫4 words in this course
危wēidangerous, precarious; highDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Depicts a person (人) standing precariously on the edge of a mountain cliff (山).
- 人Pictographic componentperson
- 山Pictographic componentmountain
- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 厃 + 㔾
HSK words with 危3 words in this course
印yìnprint; mark; seal, stampDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of a kneeling person (卩) being held down by a hand (爪). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as 抑. The meaning later shifted to "push down", "stamp", and "print".
- 爪Pictographic component(hand); claw; paw; foot
- 卩Pictographic componentperson
- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 卩
HSK words with 印4 words in this course
即jípromptly, quickly, immediatelyDetails+
semantic formation
Formation: Depicts a kneeling person (卩) approaching a vessel of food (皀). Based on the original meaning "come to eat", which later shifted to "approach", "be near", and "be the same".
- 皀Semantic componentseed; kernel; grain
- 卩Semantic componentperson
- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 卩
HSK words with 即5 words in this course
却quèstill, but; decline; retreatDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 卩 represents the meaning and 去 represents the sound. Simplified form of 卻.
- 卩Semantic componentperson
- 去Phonetic componentgo; leave
- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 去 + 卩
HSK words with 却2 words in this course
卻quèstill, but; decline; retreatDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Formation: Phonosemantic compound. 卩 represents the meaning and 谷 represents the sound.
- 卩Semantic componentperson
- 谷Phonetic componentvalley
- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 谷 + 卩
HSK words with 卻2 words in this course
卷juǎnbook, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to rollDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Pictograph of two hands rolling rice into a ball. 卩 (kneeling person) is a meaning component.
- 米Pictographic componentrice
- 廾Pictographic componenttwo hands
- 卩Semantic componentperson
- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 龹 + 㔾
HSK words with 卷2 words in this course
卸xièto unload; to lay down; to resignDetails+
semantic–phonetic
Semantic–phonetic formation: 止 contributes the broad semantic category “stop”; 卩 contributes the historical pronunciation.
- Category radical
- 卩 seal
- Visual structure
- 午 + 止 + 卩
HSK words with 卸1 word 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.