Radical 2

丨
← 1 Radical 2 (U+2F01) 3 →
丨 (U+4E28) "line, stick"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	gǔn
Bopomofo:	ㄍㄨㄣˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	goen
Wade–Giles:	kun3
Cantonese Yale:	kwán
Jyutping:	kwan2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	khún
Japanese Kana:	コン kon (on'yomi) ぼう bō (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	곤 gonn
Hán-Việt:	Cổn
Names
Chinese name(s):	豎/竖/竪 shù
Japanese name(s):	棒/ぼう bō (stick) 縦棒/たてぼう tatebō (vertical stick)
Hangul:	뚫을 tturheul
Stroke order animation

Radical 2 or radical line (丨部) meaning "vertically connected"^[1] is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 21 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

丨 is also the 2nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 亅 being its associated indexing component (used to be associated with 乛 prior to the new standard in 2009).

Evolution

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  Large seal script character
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  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	丨
+1	丩
+2	个SC/variant (=個 -> 人) 丫
+3	中 丮 丯 丰SC/JP/丰TC (also SC/JP form of 豐 -> 豆) 书SC (=書 -> 曰)
+4	丱
+6	串
+7	丳
+8	临SC (=臨 -> 臣)
+9	丵

In calligraphy

The only stroke in radical line, known as 豎/竖/竪 shù "vertical", is called 努 nǔ in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

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.
• Leyi, Li (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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