Radicals that have Two Different Stroke Counts

The word 隔[gé] has 12 strokes in total. 

The radical of 隔[gé] is “mound” 阝[fù] which is a 2-stroke radical in Simplified Chinese and a 3-stroke one in Traditional Chinese.

Stroke counts besides the radical are 10.

隔[gé] has a right-biased horizontal layout with the radical takes up one-third of the estate at the left.

The radical of 隔[gé] has a shape like an ear.

Because it always located at the left, it is customarily called “left-ear” radical to distinguish it from a similar “right-ear” radical located at the right.

Left-ear radical阝[fù] of 隔[gé], right-ear radical阝[yì] of 那[nà], and kick skateboard radical 辶[chuò] of 通[tōng] all have original representations in the Radical Index of a dictionary.

For the 2-stroke left-ear radical阝[fù] of 隔[gé], there is an 8-stroke 阜[fù].

For the 2-stroke right-ear radical ⻏[yì] of 那[nà], there is a 7-stroke 邑[yì].

For the 3-stroke kick skateboard radical  辶[chuò] of 通[tōng], there is the 7-stroke 辵[chuò].

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