Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kangxi radical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: kangx-i rad-i-cal
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a set of 214 radicals (the portion of a Chinese character that provides an indication of its meaning) introduced in the Zihui and named after the more popular Kangxi Dictionary. This set of radicals has become the standard for sorting and ordering Chinese characters.

Inflected Forms

Kangxi radicals (plural)

Questions

What does kangxi radical mean?: Any of a set of 214 radicals (the portion of a Chinese character that provides an indication of its meaning) introduced in the Zihui and named after the more popular Kangxi Dictionary. This set of radicals has become the standard for sorting and ordering Chinese characters.

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