Radical 70
Radical 70 or radical square (方部) meaning "square" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
| 方 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 
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| 方 (U+65B9) "square" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | fāng | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄈㄤ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | fang | |
| Wade–Giles: | fang1 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | fōng | |
| Jyutping: | fong1 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | hong | |
| Japanese Kana: | ホウ hō (on'yomi) かた kata (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 방 bang | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 方字旁 fāngzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 方偏/かたへん katahen 方偏/ほうへん hōhen 方/ほう hō | |
| Hangul: | 모 mo | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 92 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
方 is also the 94th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
    
 Oracle bone script character Oracle bone script character
 Bronze script character Bronze script character
 Large seal script character Large seal script character
 Small seal script character Small seal script character
Derived characters
    
| Strokes | Characters | 
|---|---|
| +0 | 方 | 
| +4 | 斺 斻 於 | 
| +5 | 施 斾 斿 旀 | 
| +6 | 旁 旂 旃 旄 旅 旆 旊 | 
| +7 | 旇 旈 旉 旋 旌 旍 旎 族 | 
| +8 | 旐 旑 | 
| +9 | 旒 旓 旔 旕KO | 
| +10 | 旖 旗 | 
| +12 | 旘 旙 | 
| +13 | 旚 | 
| +14 | 旛 | 
| +15 | 旜 旝 旞 | 
| +16 | 旟 | 
Sinogram
    
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a second grade kanji[1]
References
    
- "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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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