Radical 178

韋
Radical 178 (U+2FB1)
韋 (U+97CB) "tanned leather"
Pinyin:	wéi
Bopomofo:	ㄨㄟˊ
Wade–Giles:	wei2
Jyutping:	wai4, wai5
Cantonese Yale:	wai4
Hiragana:	イ i なめしがわ nameshigawa
Kanji:	鞣革 nameshigawa
Hangul:	다룸가죽 darumgajuk
Sino-Korean:	위 wi
Stroke order animation

Radical 178 meaning "tanned leather" is 1 of 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 9 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 100 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 178

strokes	character
without additional strokes	韋	韦
3 additional strokes	韌	韧
4 additional strokes	䪏
5 additional strokes	䪐 䪑 䪒 䪓 韍 韎	韨
6 additional strokes	韏 韐 韑
7 additional strokes	䪔 韒
8 additional strokes	䪕 韓 韔 韕	韩
9 additional strokes	䪖 䪗 䪘 韖 韗 韘 韙 韚	韪 韫
10 additional strokes	䪙 䪚 韜 韝 韞 韟	韬
11 additional strokes	韛 éŸ
12 additional strokes	䪛 韡 韢
13 additional strokes	䪜 韣
14 additional strokes	䪝
15 additional strokes	韤 韥

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.
• Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

External links

• Unihan Database - U+97CB