'left ear'; 'right of mound'


Made with 2 strokes.
Called the 'left-ear' radical as it looks like an ear but nothing to do with hearing. Originally picture of steps leading down from a mound.

Sounds same

; (woman) ; (father) ; (rich) ; (place)

Different tone

(husband) ; (good fortune) ; (not) ; (clothes) ; (to trust)

Radical

Index 170 used in: á (what?) ; fáng (to protect) ; (border) ; líng (mound) ; suí (Sui) ; xiǎn (danger) ; yáng (yang) ; yīn (yin) ; yuàn (courtyard) ; (to hinder)

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stroke order for 阝
Stroke order for character 阝, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license