Radical 213 meaning "turtle" (龜部) is one of only two of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of 16 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary there are only 24 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.
In Taoist cosmology, 龜 (Polyhedron) is the nature component of the Ba gua diagram 坎 Kǎn. Evolution
Characters with Radical 213 strokes character +0 +5 +12 +20
Variant characters There are a number of variant characters that appear different but mean the same thing:
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As a CJK Unified Ideograph, has seven separate reference glyphs shown in the Unicode code charts, no two of which are exactly identical:
"G" (Mainland China), for Traditional Chinese in mainland China (i.e. the forms listed alongside their Simplified Chinese equivalents in the List of Commonly Used Standard Chinese Characters), as in the Guobiao standard GB/T 12345 (the form for Simplified Chinese is encoded separately; see below) "H" (Hong Kong) for use in Traditional Chinese "T" (Taiwan) for use in Traditional Chinese "J" (Japan) for Japanese kyūjitai (the form for Japanese shinjitai is encoded separately; see below) "K" (South Korea) for use in Korean hanja "KP" (North Korea) for use in Korean hanja "V" (Vietnam) for use in Vietnamese Hán Nôm
As such, appearance may subtly vary between fonts intended for different regions:
RegionMainland China (traditional)Hong KongTaiwanJapan (kyūjitai)South KoreaNorth KoreaVietnamPreview with local font龜龜龜龜龜龜龜Features of Unicode reference glyphVery topDot stroke⺈ shape (like top of 鱼), crosses corner of box below⺈ shape (like top of 鱼), does not cross corner of box belowVertical strokesFrom bottom of upper box to tailFrom top of upper box to bottom of turtleshellFrom top of upper box to between turtleshell and tailFrom top of upper box to tailFrom bottom of upper box to tailHorizontal strokesLegs and turtleshell entirely separate strokesLegs and turtleshell separate strokes but alignedLegs and turtleshell single strokes crossing verticalsLegs and turtleshell separate strokes but alignedLegs and turtleshell single strokes crossing verticalsLegs and turtleshell entirely separate strokes
In Unicode Due to an especially large number of variant forms associated with Radical 213, an exceptionally large number of Unicode characters exist displaying variants of the character itself, as opposed to derived characters.
Kangxi Radicals / CJK Radicals Supplement
Unified Repertoire and Ordering (URO)
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
Supplementary Ideographic Plane
Literature
Leyi Li: "Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases". Beijing 1993,
Footnotes
References
External links Unihan Database - U+9F9C