字の旅3,000 years in four forms
Oracle bone · ShangShang · c. 1200 BCE甲355 (商)
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Tools & Weapons
匕
匕 spoon
さじ saji
2 strokesRadical of 2 kanjiPart of 10
Your ink in 匕0% painted · 0 of 2 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A spoon. Unrelated to 老, in which it represents a walking cane.
Source: Wiktionary, 匕 (rev. 91581557), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Scoop it up! Imagine a small, elegant spoon ready to serve a delicious meal. This radical represents the tools of nourishment and the act of change. When you see it, think of something being shifted, transformed, or scooped from one state to another. It's the radical of the "ladle."”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates tools for eating (spoons), the act of transformation or change, or a seated posture.
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Every kanji with 匕 as its radical
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