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Chinese Etymology
- Varun Shukla
- Mar 19, 2016
- 1 min read
饣is used as a left Chinese radical. Its meaning is “food” or ”eat”. 饣is simplified from 食.
宀 is called 宝盖 (bǎo gài) in Chinese and is often referred to as the "roof" radical in English. It is a meaning element related to "house". The pinyin is mián . As a radical, it always appears on the top of the character. Here are some examples of Chinese characters containing 宀
Here are some Chinese words with the "hand" (手) radical. All of them mean actions done with hands.
The 火 (huǒ) radical means "fire". Here are some characters containing this radical. Their meaning is usually somehow related to "fire" or "heat".
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