Radical 204

黹
Radical 204 (U+2FCB)
黹 (U+9EF9) "embroidery, needlework"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	zhǐ
Bopomofo:	ㄓˇ
Wade–Giles:	chih3
Cantonese Yale:	ji2
Jyutping:	zi2
Japanese Kana:	チ chi ぬいとり nuitori
Sino-Korean:	치 chi
Hán-Việt:	chỉ
Names
Japanese name(s):	黹偏 futsuhen (ふつへん)
Hangul:	바느질할치 baneujilhal
Stroke order animation

Radical 204 or radical embroidery meaning "embroidery" or "needlework" is 1 of 4 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 12 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only eight characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 204

Strokes	Characters
+0	黹
+4	黺
+5	黻
+7	黼

Main article: wikt:Wiktionary:Chinese radical index 黹

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.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+9EF9