Radical 40

← 39 Radical 40 (U+2F27) 41 →
(U+5B80) "roof"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:mián
Bopomofo:ㄇㄧㄢˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:mian
Wade–Giles:mien2
Cantonese Yale:mìhn
Jyutping:min4
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:biân
Japanese Kana:ベン ben (on'yomi)
Sino-Korean:면 myeon
Names
Chinese name(s):寶蓋頭/宝盖头 bǎogàitóu
Japanese name(s):冠/ウかんむり ukanmuri
Hangul:집 jip
갓머리 ganmeori
Stroke order animation

Radical 40 or radical roof (宀部) meaning "roof" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 246 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 48th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.