Radical 143 or radical blood (血部) meaning "blood" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 60 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
血 is also the 138th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
Derived characters
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram it is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a third grade kanji.
References
Further reading
- 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.
External links
- Unihan Database - U 8840
