Radical 203
Radical 203 meaning "black" is 1 of 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 12 strokes.
| 黑 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 黑 (U+9ED1) "black" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | hēi | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄏㄟ | |
| Wade–Giles: | hei1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | haak1, hak1 | |
| Jyutping: | haak1, hak1 | |
| Japanese Kana: | コク koku くろ, くろい kuro, kuroi | |
| Sino-Korean: | 흑 heuk | |
| Hán-Việt: | hắc | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 黒 kuro | |
| Hangul: | 검을 geomeul | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 172 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 203

seal script character
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 黑 黒 |
| 3 additional strokes | 黓 |
| 4 additional strokes | 黔 黕 黖 黗 默 黙 |
| 5 additional strokes | 黚 黛 黜 黝 點 |
| 6 additional strokes | 黟 黠 黡 |
| 7 additional strokes | 黢 黣 |
| 8 additional strokes | 黤 黥 黦 黧 黨 黩 黪 |
| 9 additional strokes | 黫 黬 黭 黮 黯 |
| 10 additional strokes | 黰 黱 |
| 11 additional strokes | 黲 黳 黴 |
| 13 additional strokes | 黵 |
| 14 additional strokes | 黶 |
| 15 additional strokes | 黷 |
| 16 additional strokes | 黸 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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