ぼくにょう

ぼ

く

にょ

う

Meanings

kanji radical 66 (strike) at right

usually written using kana alone

Technical term used in kanji dictionaries and character analysis. Refers to the right-side radical shape 攵 (or 攴), as seen in characters like 攷 and 敍.

「攻こう」の右みぎ側がわはぼくにょうと呼よばれる部ぶ首しゅです。
The right side of 攻 is the radical called bokunyō.
ぼくにょうは、もともと「うつ」という意い味みを持もつ部ぶ首しゅです。
Bokunyō is a radical that originally meant 'to strike'.

Kanji

攴strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
繞surround, return
攵strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)

Related words

部ぶ首しゅ
General term for kanji radical; ぼくにょう is a specific radical name.
繞にょう
Refers to any radical that wraps around the right side of a character; ぼくにょう is one instance.

Written forms

攴繞ぼくにょう
Standard kanji spelling for the radical name; 攴 is the radical shape, 繞 means 'right-side radical'.
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Kana spelling is common in explanatory contexts.
攵繞ぼくにょう
Variant spelling using the simplified form 攵, which is the more common shape in modern characters.

Etymology

From 攴 (boku, 'strike') + 繞 (nyō, 'right-side radical'). The character 攴 is an ancient pictograph of a hand holding a stick, meaning to strike.