List of the 214 radicals (cê buô 字 部)
With their sounds in the Foochow dialect, and one or more of their leading significations. In some cases a special name used in Foochow to designate this radical is added in parenthesis. Otherwise they are designated as kēu-bèng (No. 30), ngiòng-bèng (No. 149), etc. or as pék-buô (No. 103), hièng-buô (No. 95), etc.
1-14
15-29
1 STROKE
- 1一
- ék (siŏh-huàng) one, unity.
- 2丨
- gūng (siŏh-dĭk) a stroke.
- 3丶
- cṳ̄ (siŏh-dók) a point.
- 4丿
- piék (siŏh-piék) a left stroke.
- 5乙
- ék, one, curved.
- 6亅
- kuók (siŏh-gău) hooked.
2 STROKES
- 7二
- nê, two.
- 8亠
- tèu, a cover,
- 9人亻
- ìng, man. (kiè-nè̤ng-ìng)
- 10儿
- ìng, a man walking.
- 11入
- ĭk, to enter.
- 12八
- báik, eight.
- 13冂
- hĭng, a limit.
- 14冖
- mĭk (tŭk-bō̤-gái) to cover.
- 15冫
- bĭng (lâng-dēng-cūi) ice,cold.
- 16几
- gī, a table.
- 17凵
- kāng, a receptacle.
- 18刀刂
- dŏ̤, a knife. (cáik-dŏ̤)
- 19力
- lĭk, strength.
- 20勹
- bău, to infold.
- 21匕
- bī, a spoon.
- 22匚
- huŏng, a chest.
- 23匸
- hī, to conceal.
- 24十
- sĕk, ten.
- 25卜
- bók, to divine.
- 26卩㔾
- ciék (ngâing-ngê) a joint, a knot.
- 27厂
- háng, a shelter.
- 28厶
- sṳ̆, selfish.
- 29又
- êu, moreover.
