Radical 58 or radical snout () meaning "pig snout" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 25 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 50 indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. Two associated indexing components, and , are affiliated to the principal indexing component .
Evolution 彑/彐 Unrelated to 彔-录, 庚 (7th Heavenly Stem). 彐 sometimes means hand (又) such as in 帚, 雪, and 聿.
彔
当 (simplied from 當)
Derived characters Strokes Characters +0 +2 SC(= -> 止) +3 SC/JP(= -> 田) +5 SC (= -> 金 / 彔) +6 +7 +8 +9 +10 (=彙) +13 (=彝) (=彝) +15 (=彝) +19 SC (=彠) +23
Literature
External links
Unihan Database - U+5F50