⬅️汉字部首 - № 61-82
Today, I am going to introduce 22 radicals related to animals. We will learn their original scripts and related characters and words.
Most radicals are also pictograph characters. But in today's video, I will introduce a radical which is a compound ideograph character(会意字).
Let's take a look.汉字部首 第4部分 61-82
Chinese Radicals:
马🐎 牛🐮 牜🐂 羊🐑 豕🐖 犭 犬 豸 鸟🐦 隹 鱼🐠 虫🐞 鼠 龙 鹿 革 皮 角 羽 毛 髟 彡
- 【马】 ✏️ horse 📢 /mǎ/
马字旁 / 马字底(Bottom) mǎzìpáng / mǎzìdǐ
马 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a horse. - 【牛】 ✏️ cow | bull 📢 /niú/
牛字底(Bottom) niúzìdǐ
牛 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script resembles a bull's head facing forward. - 【牜】 ✏️ cow | bull 📢 /niú/
牛字旁 niúzìpáng
牜 is originated from the character 牛. This radical is placed on the left side of the characters. - 【羊】 ✏️ sheep | goat 📢 /yáng/
羊字旁 / 羊字头(Top) yángzìpáng / yángzìtóu
羊 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a goat's head facing forward. - 【豕】 ✏️ pig 📢 /shǐ/
豕字旁 shǐzìpáng
豕 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a pig. 豕 is the general term of pig, swine and hog. - 【犬】 ✏️ dog 📢 /quǎn/
犬字旁 quǎnzìpáng
犬 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a big dog. - 【犭】 ✏️ dog 📢 /quǎn/
反犬旁 fǎnquǎnpáng
犭 is originated from the character 犬. The oracle bone script of 犬 resembles a big dog. In ancient times, 犬 specifically referred to big dogs. 狗 referred to small dogs. - 【豸】 ✏️ beast with long spine | legless insect 📢 /zhì/
豸字旁 zhìzìpáng
豸 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts an animal with a round head, a long spine and a tail. The meaning of this character was later extended as "legless insect". - 【鸟】 ✏️ bird 📢 /niǎo/
鸟字旁 niǎozìpáng
鸟 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a large bird. - 【隹】 ✏️ short-tailed bird 📢 /zhuī/
隹字旁 zhuīzìpáng
隹 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a short-tailed bird. It originally referred to sparrows. - 【鱼】 ✏️ fish 📢 /yú/
鱼字旁 yúzìpáng
鱼 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a fish. - 【虫】 ✏️ insect | worm 📢 /chóng/
虫字旁 / 虫字底(Bottom) chóngzìpáng / chóngzìdǐ
The oracle bone script of 虫 depicts a venomous snake. In ancient times, 虫 was the general term of all animals and insects. - 【鼠】 ✏️ rat | mouse 📢 /shǔ/
鼠字旁 shǔzìpáng
鼠 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a rat. - 【龙】 ✏️ dragon 📢 /lóng/
龙字旁 lóngzìpáng
龙 is pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a legendary mythical creature. - 【鹿】 ✏️ deer 📢 /lù/
鹿字旁 / 鹿字头(Top) lùzìpáng / lùzìtóu
鹿 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a standing deer with large antlers. - 【革】 ✏️ leather | rawhide 📢 /gé/
革字旁 gézìpáng
革 is a pictograph character. Its original script resembles a peeled animal skin, meaning leather. - 【皮】 ✏️ skin 📢 /pí/
皮字旁 pízìpáng
The original script of 皮 resembles skinning an animal with a hand. The component on the right bottom corner is 又 which means hand. - 【角】 ✏️ horn 📢 /jiǎo/
角字旁 jiǎozìpáng
角 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script is like an animal horn. - 【羽】 ✏️ feathers | wings 📢 /yǔ/
羽字旁 / 羽字头(Top) /羽字底 (Bottom) yǔzìpáng / yǔzìtóu / yǔzìdǐ
羽 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script depicts a long bird feather. - 【毛】 ✏️ fur | hair 📢 /máo/
毛字旁 / 毛字底(Bottom) máozìpáng / máozìdǐ
"毛" is a pictograph character. Its original meaning is animal hair. - 【彡】 ✏️ hair | beard | pattern 📢 /shān/
三撇 sānpiě
彡 is a pictograph character. Its oracle bone script is 3 left-falling strokes, referring to "hair, beard or pattern". - 【髟】 ✏️ long flowing hair 📢 /biāo/
鬓字头 bìnzìtóu
髟 is a compound ideograph character(会意字). It is formed by two other radicals, 长(long) and 彡(hair). The oracle bone script of 髟 resembles long flowing hair. 长 is the simplified form of 長. The variant form 镸 is used on the left side of 髟.