Radical 8
Radical 8 or radical lid, whose meaning as an independent word is unknown, but is often interpreted to be a "lid" when used as a radical. Of the 214 Kangxi radicals, Radical 8 is one of 23 which are composed of 2 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 38 characters to be found under this radical.
亠 is also the 17th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
| +0 | |
| +1 | |
| +2 | |
| +4 | SC |
| +5 | SC |
| +6 | |
| +7 | SC |
| +8 | |
| +10 | SC |
| +11 | |
| +14 | SC |
| +19 |
Variant forms
There is a difference in Japanese and Chinese in printing typefaces for this radical. Traditionally, a short vertical line on top of the horizontal line was used in printing, while a slanted dash is preferred in handwriting.The vertical dot form is used in the Kangxi Dictionary, modern Japanese and Korean typefaces. In Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, a slanted dot on top of the horizontal line is the standard form, though the traditional form with a vertical dot is also widely used in Traditional Chinese typefaces and in some cases Simplified Chinese typefaces.
Both forms are acceptable in handwriting in each language.
| Kangxi Dictionary Japan Korea | Mainland China Taiwan Hong Kong |
| 亠 | 亠 |