根 root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) 激 进 jī jìn radical / extreme / extremist 基 团 jī tuán radical (chemistry) 基 (bound form) base / foundation / (bound form) radical (chemistry) / (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese) 心 部 xīn bù Radical 根 治 gēn zhì to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure 一 one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit 治 本 zhì běn to take radical measures / to get to the root (of a problem etc) 自 由 基 zì yóu jī free radical 部 首 bù shǒu radical of a Chinese character 剧 变 jù biàn to change dramatically / radical change 偏 旁 piān páng component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part) 文 language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 身 body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 儿 variant of 人[ren2] / "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 10), occurring in 兒, 兀, 兄 / etc 根 号 gēn hào radical sign &radic / (math.) 车 car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159 火 fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86 片 thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 广 "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 / etc 衣 clothes / CL:件[jian4] / Kangxi radical 145 厂 "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 / etc 肉 meat / flesh / pulp (of a fruit) / (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy / (of a person) flabby / irresolute / Kangxi radical 130 臣 state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131 鸟 bird / CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2] / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn 竹 bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118 乙 second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° 巾 towel / general purpose cloth / women's headcovering (old) / Kangxi radical 50 鼎 ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes 犬 dog / Kangxi radical 94 歹 bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78 酰 acid radical / -acyl (chemistry) 匚 "right open box" radical (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in 区, 医, 匹 / etc 羧 carboxyl radical (chemistry) 殳 bamboo or wooden spear / Kangxi radical 79, occurring in 段[duan4], 毅[yi4], 殺|杀[sha1] etc 彡 "bristle" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 59) 襾 cover / radical no 146 旋 乾 转 坤 xuán qián zhuǎn kūn lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom) / earth-shattering / a radical change 讠 "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 言字旁[yan2 zi4 pang2] 艹 grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5] 糸 fine silk / Kangxi radical 120 豸 worm-like invertebrate / mythical animal (see 獬豸[xie4 zhi4]) / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 153) 丬 "piece of wood" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 90), mirror image of 片[pian4] 忄 Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element 亻 "person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9) 笔 划 检 字 表 bǐ huà jiǎn zì biǎo lookup table for Chinese character based on radical and stroke count 彳 step with the left foot (Kangxi radical 60) / see also 彳亍[chi4 chu4] 虍 "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141) / see also 虎字頭|虎字头[hu3 zi4 tou2] 羟 自 由 基 qiǎng zì yóu jī hydroxyl radical 氢 氧 根 qīng yǎng gēn hydroxide radical (-OH) 肽 键 tài jiàn peptide bond CO-NH / bond in protein between carboxyl radical and amino radical 自 由 基 清 除 剂 zì yóu jī qīng chú jì radical scavenger (chemistry) 宀 "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 / etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4] 冫 "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15), occurring in 冰[bing1], 次[ci4] etc, known as 兩點水|两点水[liang3 dian3 shui3] 丶 "dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3] 丿 radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3] 亅 "vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1] 亠 "lid" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 8) 冖 "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4] 卩 "seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26) 廴 "long stride" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 54), occurring in 建, 延, 廷 / etc 冂 radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4] 匸 "cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23) / see also 匚[fang1] 彐 pig snout (Kangxi radical 58) 疒 sick / sickness / Kang Xi radical 104 / also pr. [chuang2] 合 体 字 hé tǐ zì a Chinese character formed by combining existing elements - i.e. a combined ideogram 會意|会意 / or radical plus phonetic 形聲|形声 㔾 "seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 26) 三 框 栏 sān kuàng lán radical 匚[fang1] (Kangxi radical 22) 三 点 水 sān diǎn shuǐ name of "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) / see also 氵[shui3] 乙 酸 基 yǐ suān jī acetyl radical CH3COO- 乙 酸 根 yǐ suān gēn acetyl radical CH3COO- 侧 刀 旁 cè dāo páng name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc 两 点 水 liǎng diǎn shuǐ name of "ice" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 15) / see also 冫[bing1] 刂 Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2] 区 字 框 qū zì kuàng radical 匚[fang1] (Kangxi radical 22) 厂 字 旁 chǎng zì páng name of "cliff" 厂 / radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27) 反 文 旁 fǎn wén páng (colloquial) grapheme 攵 / (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴) 同 字 框 tóng zì kuàng name of the radical 冂[jiong1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13) 宝 盖 bǎo gài name of the "roof" radical 宀[mian2] (Kangxi radical 40) 平 宝 盖 píng bǎo gài name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14) / see also 冖[mi4] 德 法 年 鉴 Dé Fǎ Nián jiàn Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical Arnold Ruge) 氰 基 qíng jī cyan / cyanide radical -CN, stable triple bond with chemical properties like halogens 氵 "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3] 秃 宝 盖 tū bǎo gài name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14) / see also 冖[mi4] 立 刀 旁 lì dāo páng name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc 草 字 头 儿 cǎo zì tóu r grass radical 艹 虎 字 头 hǔ zì tóu name of "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141) / see also 虍[hu1] 言 字 旁 yán zì páng name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149) / see also 訁|讠[yan2] 酸 根 suān gēn negative ion / acid radical 酰 基 xiān jī acyl radical 塞 尔 维 亚 激 进 党 sè ěr wéi yà jī jìn dǎng Serbian Radical Party 龙 龛 手 鉴 Lóng kān Shǒu jiàn Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical 犭 three-stroke form of Kangxi radical 94 犬[quan3] 扌 "hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 / etc 纟 "silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lu:4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4] 衤 the left-radical form of Kangxi radical 145, 衣[yi1] 大 气 游 离 基 dài qì yóu lí jī atmospheric free radical / atmospheric radical 中 间 游 离 基 intermediate radical 氢 过 氧 游 离 基 qīng guò yǎng yóu lí jī perhydroxyl radical 氢 过 氧 自 由 基 qīng guò yǎng zì yóu jī perhydroxyl radical
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