【匕】(saji/spoon) Kanji Radical, Bushu

【匕】kame

In this time, I will introduce the Kanji radical "匕".

reading of the radical

its readings is

・saji　さじ

Commentary on the radical

Next is the meaning of the radicali for "匕".
The radical 匕 stands for two meanings.
First, the radical 匕 represents a spoon.
The other is a character with the direction of ancient character of 人 reversed.
From there, it represents the meaning of change.

And the origin of this character is explained in iLAB below.

kanji characters using this radical

These are kanji characters using this radical.
There are few commonly used kanji with this radical.

Here are two.

・北　hoku, kita　ほく、きた
it means north

・匙　shi, saji　し、さじ
it means spoon
But this kanji is not commonly used

The following kanji belong to a different radical

・化　ka, ke, ba-keru　か、け、ばけ（る）
it means to change
This kanji belongs to the radical 人

・旨　shi, mune, uma-i　し、むね、うま（い）
it means delicious
This kanji belongs to the radical 日

・比　hi, kura-beru　ひ、くら（べる）
it means to compare
This kanji belongs to the radical 比

・此　shi, ko　し、こ
it means this
This kanji belongs to the radical 止

・壱　ichi
it means one
This kanji belongs to the radical 士

・頃　kei, koro　けい、ころ
it means about
This kanji belongs to the radical 頁

・疑　gi, urata-u　ぎ、うたが（う）
it means distrust
This kanji belongs to the radical 疋

List of kanji with 匕 as radical

They are listed in stroke order.

北 匙

The following kanji belong to a different radical

化 旨 比 此 壱 頃 疑

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