Radicals 1-5 (Sets: 1 of 30)
antony73
May 31, 2009, 10:15 PM posted in General Discussionzhǔ 'dot'
Strokes: 1 Examples: 之 为 头
yī 'one'
Also means a, an
Strokes: 1 Examples: 于 下 上
shù 'down'
Strokes: 1 Examples: 中 北 冉
piě 'left'
Strokes: 1 Examples: 九 乃 千
yǐ 'twist'
Also: 乛 乚, the top and side of 刁
Also means Heavenly Stem, an old character for Fish Guts.
Strokes: 1 Examples: 乞 乡 以
Sources: http://www.kzxy.com.cn/Article/ArticleShow.asp?ArticleID=17116#%E4%B8%80%E7%94%BB%EF%BC%885%EF%BC%89 / William McNaughton Reading and Writing Chinese. Tuttle Langauge Library / http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Index:Chinese_radical#1_stroke / http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/pagoda/3847/flux/radscheme.htm
matthiask
May 30, 2009, 03:53 PMvery nice.
I really should learn the names of the funny strokes.