When the formation data identifies 厶 as semantic, the relevant character record states that role.
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Semantic role Phonetic role Radical classification
厶
Radical 28 of 214 · 3 strokes
Private
sī
Unicode uses 厶 as a Kangxi radical category. Its reference meaning is private, secret; Kangxi radical 28. The relationship to an individual character may be semantic, historical, or primarily classificatory.
4 course characters18 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
4 course characters
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去qùto go away, to leave, to departDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Origin unclear. The 口 component is variously explained as (1) an opening to a building or cave that the person is departing from, or (2) an anus, i.e. the orifice through which things leave a person.
- 大Pictographic componentbig
- 口Pictographic componentmouth
- Category radical
- 厶 private
- Visual structure
- 土 + 厶
HSK words with 去5 words in this course
参cānto take part in, to intervene; ginsengDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Simplified form of 參. Depicts three stars joined together; in Chinese astronomy 參 is a constellation of three stars. 彡 is a sound component.
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- 彡Phonetic componenthair
- Category radical
- 厶 private
- Visual structure
- 厶 + 大 + 彡
HSK words with 参6 words in this course
參cānto take part in, to intervene; ginsengDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Depicts three stars joined together; in Chinese astronomy 參 is a constellation of three stars. 彡 is a sound component.
- ◎Pictographic componentcharacterless component
- 彡Phonetic componenthair
- Category radical
- 厶 private
- Visual structure
- 厽 + 人 + 彡
HSK words with 參6 words in this course
县xiàncounty, district, subdivisionDetails+
pictographic formation
Formation: Simplified form of 縣. Pictograph of a severed head (首) hanging on a rope (系) from a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "hang" or "suspend". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. The traditional component 系 was removed for simplification.
- 首Pictographic componenthead; first
- 木Pictographic componentwood; tree
- 系Removed in simplifiedsystem; link; connection
- Category radical
- 厶 private
- Visual structure
- 且 + 厶
HSK words with 县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.