Radical 56

← 55 Radical 56 (U+2F37) 57 →
(U+5F0B) "shoot, arrow"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄧˋ
Wade–Giles:i4
Cantonese Yale:yihk
Jyutping:jik6
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:e̍k
Japanese Kana:ヨク yoku (on'yomi)
いぐるみ igurumi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:익 ik
Names
Japanese name(s):式構/しきがまえ shikigamae
Hangul:주살 jusal
Stroke order animation

Radical 56 or radical shoot (弋部) meaning "shoot" or "arrow" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 15 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 35th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.