Radical 4

"丿" redirects here. It is not to be confused with the Japanese kana ノ ("no").

Radical 4 meaning "slash" or "bend" is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 33 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical. It is highly similar to the Japanese kana, no (ノ).

Radical 4 is one of the eight elements of 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) and thus basic to Chinese calligraphy.

Characters with Radical 4

seal script character

strokes	character
without additional strokes	丿乀 乁
1 additional stroke	乂 乃 乄
2 additional strokes	久 乆 乇 么 义 乊 之 乡
3 additional strokes	乌 乏
4 additional strokes	乍 乎 乐
5 additional strokes	丢 乑（眾） 乒 乓 乔
6 additional strokes	乕
7 additional strokes	乖
8 additional strokes	乗
9 additional strokes	乘

Literature

• Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

External links

• Unihan Database - U+4E3F