04 Strokes

Kangxi Radical 90: 爿 qiáng Piece of Wood

| Cornelius G.

爻 ☜ ④ Kangxi Radical 90: 爿 qiáng “piece of wood” ☞ 片

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Pīnyīn

爿 (丬) ~ qiáng ~ “piece of wood” radical (90)
aka: half of tree trunk, split wood, splinter, 将字旁 [將字旁] Kangxi Radical Half Tree Trunk
爿 ~ pán ~ Classifier for strips of land or bamboo, shops, factories etc. / slit bamboo or chopped wood (dialect)*
• 丬 is not an independent character
• Not to be confused with: 片 Continue reading →

Kangxi Radical 89: 爻 yáo Lines on a Trigram

| Cornelius G.

父 ☜ ④ Kangxi Radical 89: 爻 yáo “lines on a trigram” ☞ 爿

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The above picture is based on the Eight Mansions of Black Hat School Feng Shui, which sounds like it should be some kind of evil secret society kung fu death trap maze, but it’s just the diagram used for the simplified Western version of traditional Chinese geomancy. Still, that’s not uninteresting either.

⇒ Bagua (en.wikipedia)
⇒ Feng Shui (en.wikipedia)
⇒ Stuff You Should Know Podcast: How Feng Shui Works

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Pīnyīn

爻 ~ yáo (yao2) ~ “lines on a trigram” radical (89)
aka: line, diagrams for divination, double x, Kangxi Radical Double X, mix , twine, cross
爻 ~ yáo (yao2) ~ lines on a trigram Continue reading →

Kangxi Radical 84: 气 qì Steam

| Cornelius G.

氏 ☜ ④ Kangxi Radical 84: 气 qì “steam” ☞ 水

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All the posts for the Kangxi Radicals are now done and scheduled (except for the links which I can only properly add after they are posted). So… yes.
Some nice ones upcoming, if I do say so myself.  The one for 舛/”oppose” (scheduled for Dec. 11) is just about the most badass picture of stick figures you will ever see! (On this blog. On that particular date.)
Also, I finally managed to draw a horse. (adorable horse picture scheduled for January 18 2016)

Pīnyīn

气 ~ qì~ “steam” radical (84)
aka: Kangxi Radical Steam, breath
气 [氣] ~ qì ~ steam, breath, air, weather, to get angry, Chi Continue reading →

Kangxi Radical 81: 比 bǐ Compare

| Cornelius G.

母 ☜ ④ Kangxi Radical 81: 比 ~ bǐ  ~ “compare” ☞ 毛

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Pīnyīn

比 ~ bǐ  ~ “compare” radical (81)
aka: Kangxi Radical Compare, compete
比 ~ bǐ  ~ to compare, to gesture, ratio, (comparison particle)
比 ~ Bǐ  ~ abbr. for: 比利时 [比利時] ~ Bǐlìshí  ~ Belgium
比 ~ bì  ~ associate with, be near Continue reading →