Radical 98

← 97 Radical 98 (U+2F61) 99 →
(U+74E6) "tile"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄨㄚˇ
Wade–Giles:wa3
Cantonese Yale:ngáh
Jyutping:ngaa5
Japanese Kana:ガ ga (on'yomi)
かわら kawara (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:와 wa
Names
Chinese name(s):瓦字旁 wǎzìpáng
瓦字底 wǎzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):瓦/かわら kawara
Hangul:기와 giwa
Stroke order animation

Radical 98, also known as the radical tile (瓦部) meaning "tile" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (out of a total of 214 radicals) and is composed of 5 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 174 characters (out of 49,030) listed under this radical.

is also the 72nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components, predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. In the simplified form (xin zixing), the radical is modified and consists of only 4 strokes, instead of the traditional 5-stroke form.