Radical 6
Radical 6 or radical hook () meaning "hook" is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke. In the "Kangxi Dictionary", there are 19 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. In Simplified Chinese, this radical is merged to Radical 2 . In the "Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components", is listed as an associated indexing component of . However, it is often omitted in mainstream dictionaries, including "Xiandai Hanyu Cidian".