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Radical 37

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← 36 Radical 37 (U+2F24) 38 →
(U+5927) "big, very"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄉㄚˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:dah
Wade–Giles:ta4
Cantonese Yale:daaih
Jyutping:daai6
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:tāi
Japanese Kana:ダイ dai / タイ tai (on'yomi)
おお ō / おお-きい ō-kii (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:대 dae
Hán-Việt:Đại
Names
Chinese name(s):(Top) 大字頭/大字头 dàzìtóu
Japanese name(s):大/だい dai
(Top) 大頭/だいがしら daigashira
(Top) 大冠/だいかんむり daikanmuri
Hangul:클 keul
Stroke order animation

Radical 37 or radical big (大部) meaning "big" or "very" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 132 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 33rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2 SC (= -> )
+3 (= -> ) (also SC form of -> ) SC (=夾) SC (=奪)
+4 夿 SC (=奩) SC (=奐)
+5 SC (=奮) (= -> )
+6 SC (= -> )
+7
+8
+9 SC/JP (=奧)
+10 JP (= -> )
+11 (= -> )
+12
+13
+15
+19
+21

Sinogram

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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 first grade kanji.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Further reading

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