Radical 8

Radical 8, whose meaning as an independent word is unknown, but is often interpreted to be a "lid" when used as a radical, is radical 23 of the 214 Kangxi radicals and consists of two strokes.

亠
Radical 8 (U+2F07)
亠 (U+4EA0) "lid, head"
Pinyin:頭 tóu
Bopomofo:ㄊㄡˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:tour
Wade–Giles:tʻou2
Cantonese Yale:tàuh
Jyutping:tau4
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:thâu (col.)
thô͘ (lit.)
Kana:なべぶた nabebuta
Kanji:鍋蓋 nabebuta
Hangul:자의미상 jauimisang
Sino-Korean:두 do
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 38 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 8
strokescharacter
without additional strokes亠
1 additional stroke亡
2 additional strokes六 卞 亢 亣
4 additional strokes交 亥 亦 产（簡軆）
5 additional strokes亨 亩 亪
6 additional strokes享 京
7 additional strokes亭 亮 亯 亰 亱 亲
8 additional strokes亳
10 additional strokes亴 亵
11 additional strokes亶 亷
14 additional strokes亸（簡軆）
19 additional strokes亹

There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. In the Kangxi Dictionary and in Japanese, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line is used. In China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dash, or Radical 3, on top of the horizontal line is also used.

Kangxi Dictionary
Japan
Korea		 China
Taiwan
Hong Kong
亠 亠

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.
  • Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

See also
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