Radical 179
| 韭 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| 韭 (U+97ED) "leek" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | jiǔ | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧㄡˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | chiu3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | gau2 | |
| Jyutping: | gau2 | |
| Japanese Kana: | キュウ kyū (on'yomi) にら nira (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 구 gu | |
| Hán-Việt: | cửu | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 韭/にら nira | |
| Hangul: | 부추 buchu | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
Radical 179 or radical leek (韭部) meaning "leek" is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
韭 is also the 181st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.