seal

Origin & mnemonic

This radical derives from a pictograph of a seal or tally stick (a bamboo tube carved with marks for verification). In oracle-bone and seal script, it appears as a rectangular frame with an internal diagonal stroke, representing carving or notching on bamboo.

Mnemonic: A rectangular frame with a diagonal stroke through it resembles a carved bamboo tally used as a seal or verification token.

• 卬áng🔊

  I (regional colloquial)

  4 strokes

• 印yìn🔊

  to print

  HSK 6

  5 strokes

• 卮zhī🔊

  goblet

  5 strokes

• 卯mǎo🔊

  old variant of 卯[mao3]

  5 strokes

• 危wēi🔊

  danger

  6 strokes