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Example of Mandarin characters that can not be expressed through other characters, Kangxi radicals or CJK strokes?
I had question about the expression of one character into the radicals and I found the answer myself Does 习 contain the alterantive hook (Kangxi 6) radical and is more information available about this ...
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When 马 is used as the left component (e.g. in 骑), does the 一 héng stroke change to ㇀ tí?
I am thinking about the 马 character. I know that when you use 土 and 车 on the left in a composed character (like 地，场... and 较，辆 ...) the 3rd stroke in 土， and the 4th in 车 change from 一 héng to ㇀ tí.
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How did 鳥 end up a Kangxi radical but not 烏?
烏, wū, crow, 10 strokes, 灬 radical
鳥, niǎo, bird, 11 strokes, 鳥 radical
All the way since at least seal script, 鳥 seems like just 烏 with an additional stroke. They both describe birds in one way or ...
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How many stroke does Chinese Traditional Word "蕭" have?
I have referred to
China Mainland Online Dictionary
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Online Stroke Order Dictionary of Ministry of Education of Republic of China
Both are giving different numbers of stroke for this word.
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Radical names and stroke names
Sometimes a character component has one pronunciation as a Kangxi radical, another one as a stroke, and perhaps even more:
一: yī / héng
丨: gǔn / shù
丶: zhǔ / diǎn
亅: jué / shùgōu
乙: yǐ / ...
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