"Thanksgiving" Primitive

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Reply #1 - 2008 June 05, 2:51 am
lazar Member
From: Canada Registered: 2007-12-06 Posts: 103

It's between frame 357/358, I can't find this primitive in the WWWJDIC kanji primitive search, why is that? Also when I use my computers IME pad to write the primitive it gives me nothing similar :S

Reply #2 - 2008 June 05, 2:55 am
Savara Member
From: London Registered: 2007-09-08 Posts: 104 Website

I don't know about this specific one but, not all Heisig 'primitives' are official primitives/radicals. That might explain it. (But I'm not sure~)

Reply #3 - 2008 June 05, 3:20 am
shaydwyrm Member
From: Boston Registered: 2007-04-26 Posts: 178 Website

That's because it's a primitive (which is a term defined by Heisig), rather than a radical/部首 (which is an official traditional component of a character).  The WWWJDIC search is based on radicals, although they have tinkered with the list a bit to make the components more intuitive.

You can search for the thanksgiving primitive by combining the 立 and 戈 radicals.

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Reply #4 - 2008 June 05, 11:27 am
zdude255 Member
From: Florida Registered: 2008-03-17 Posts: 27

shaydwyrm: You're thinking of kazoo. Thanksgiving uses 土 and 戈

I personally prefer the jisho.org radical search. It has a nice AJAX interface.
http://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/

Reply #5 - 2008 June 05, 1:41 pm
lazar Member
From: Canada Registered: 2007-12-06 Posts: 103

haha thanks guys, yeah I guess I thought primitives and radicals were the same thing hmm

Reply #6 - 2008 June 05, 8:53 pm
shaydwyrm Member
From: Boston Registered: 2007-04-26 Posts: 178 Website

zdude255 wrote:

shaydwyrm: You're thinking of kazoo. Thanksgiving uses 土 and 戈

Gah, I even wrote down the right kanji, then cut-and-pasted the wrong one >.<

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