Radical 36


Radical 36 or radical evening meaning "evening" or "sunset" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 34 characters to be found under this radical.
夕 is also the 43rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a first grade kanji.