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Radical 167
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Radical 167 or radical gold (金部) meaning "gold" or "metal" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes. It also represents the Chinese family name, Jin, which is No. 29[1] of the Hundred Family Surnames.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 806 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In the Chinese Wuxing ("Five Phases"), 金 represents the element Metal.
金 is also the 176th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 钅 (Simp.) and 釒 (Trad.) listed as its associated indexing components.
In Chinese names for chemical elements, 釒/钅means that this element is solid metal at room temperature and standard pressure.
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Evolution
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters
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Literature
- 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.
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