彐

jì

kangxi_radical

Meanings

1 pig snout / boar's-head radical (Kangxi #58)
2 indexing radical for a small group of characters with this top component

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history

彐 is traditionally explained as a stylized pig's snout or a hand grasping a brush. It was briefly used as a simplification of 雪 (snow) in the 1970s before that proposal was withdrawn. Today it is a structural radical only.

usage

彐 appears as the top of characters such as 雪 (xuě, snow), 录 (lù, record), 寻 (xún, seek), and 归 (guī, return). The variant 彑 is an older calligraphic shape with the same role.

Radical

Snout Kangxi #58

Three-stroke radical traditionally drawn as a pig's snout or a hand holding a brush. Purely structural — never standalone — but appears at the top of a small but recognisable set of characters: 雪, 录, 寻, 归, 当. The variant form 彑 is identical in role.

Forms

彐 jì

Default 6 characters

彑 jì

Top 3 characters

Used in

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录 lù

to record; to write down · to hire; to employ

灵 líng

spirit; soul; supernatural · nimble; clever; effective

归 guī

to return · to belong to

寻 xún

to search; to seek; to look for

彗 huì

comet · broom (literary)

刍 chú

hay; fodder; cut grass · to mow grass

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