214 Chinese Radicals

Radical No.	Radical	English	Pinyin	Stroke Count	Variant (Traditional)
1	一	one	yī	1
2	丨	line	shù	1
3	丶	dot	diǎn	1
4	丿	slash	piě	1	乀 乁
5	乙	second	yǐ	1	乚 乛
6	亅	hook	gōu	1
7	二	two	èr	2
8	亠	lid	tóu	2
9	人	person	rén	2	亻
10	儿	legs	ér	2
11	入	enter	rù	2
12	八	eight	bā	2	丷
13	冂	down box	jiǒng	2
14	冖	cover	mì	2
15	冫	ice	bīng	2
16	几	table	jī, jǐ	2
17	凵	open box	qǔ	2
18	刀	knife	dāo	2	刂
19	力	power	lì	2
20	勹	wrap	bāo	2
21	匕	ladle	bǐ	2
22	匚	right open box	fāng	2
23	匸	hiding enclosure	xǐ	2
24	十	ten	shí	2
25	卜	divination	bǔ	2
26	卩	seal	jié	2
27	厂	cliff	hàn	2
28	厶	private	sī	2
29	又	again	yòu	2
30	口	mouth	kǒu	3
31	囗	enclosure	wéi	3
32	土	earth	tǔ	3
33	士	scholar	shì	3
34	夂	go	zhī	3
35	夊	go slowly	suī	3
36	夕	night	xī	3
37	大	big	dà	3
38	女	woman	nǚ	3
39	子	child	zǐ	3
40	宀	roof	gài	3
41	寸	inch	cùn	3
42	小	small	xiǎo	3
43	尢	lame	yóu	3	尣
44	尸	corpse	shī	3
45	屮	sprout	chè	3
46	山	mountain	shān	3
47	川	river	chuān	3	巛 巜
48	工	work	gōng	3
49	己	oneself	jǐ	3
50	巾	towel	jīn	3
51	干	dry	gān	3
52	幺	thread	yāo	3
53	广	shelter	guǎng	3
54	廴	stride	yǐn	3
55	廾	hands joined	gǒng	3
56	弋	shoot with a bow	yì	3
57	弓	bow	gōng	3
58	彐	snout	jì	3	彑
59	彡	hair	shān	3
60	彳	step	chì	3
61	心	heart	xīn	4	忄
62	戈	spear	gē	4
63	户	door	hù	4
64	手	hand	shǒu	4	扌
65	支	branch	zhī	4
66	攴	rap	pū	4	攵
67	文	script	wén	4
68	斗	dipper	dǒu	4
69	斤	axe	jīn	4
70	方	square	fāng	4
71	无	not	wú	4
72	日	sun	rì	4
73	曰	say	yuē	4
74	月	moon	yuè	4
75	木	tree	mù	4
76	欠	lack	qiàn	4
77	止	stop	zhǐ	4
78	歹	death	dǎi	4
79	殳	weapon	shū	4
80	母	mother	mǔ	4	毋
81	比	compare	bǐ	4
82	毛	fur	máo	4
83	氏	clan	shì	4
84	气	steam	qì	4
85	水	water	shuǐ	4	氵
86	火	fire	huǒ	4	灬
87	爪	claw	zhǎo	4	爫
88	父	father	fù	4
89	爻	lines on a trigram	yáo	4
90	爿	half of a tree trunk	qiáng	4
91	片	slice	piàn	4
92	牙	tooth	yá	4
93	牛	cow	niú	4	牜
94	犭	dog	quǎn	3	犬
95	玄	profound	xuán	5
96	玉	jade	yù	5	王
97	瓜	melon	guā	5
98	瓦	tile	wǎ	5
99	甘	sweet	gān	5
100	生	life	shēng	5
101	用	use	yòng	5
102	田	field	tián	5
103	疋	cloth	pǐ	5
104	疒	ill	bìng	5
105	癶	foot steps	bō	5
106	白	white	bái	5
107	皮	skin	pí	5
108	皿	dish	mǐn	5
109	目	eye	mù	5
110	矛	spear	máo	5
111	矢	arrow	shǐ	5
112	石	stone	shí	5
113	示	spirit	shì	5	礻
114	禸	track	róu	4
115	禾	grain	hé	5
116	穴	cave	xuè	5
117	立	stand	lì	5
118	竹	bamboo	zhú	6
119	米	rice	mǐ	6
120	纟	silk	sī	3	(糸)
121	缶	jar	fǒu	6
122	网	net	wǎng	6	罒
123	羊	sheep	yáng	6
124	羽	feather	yǔ	6
125	老	old	lǎo	6
126	而	and	ér	6
127	耒	plow	lěi	6
128	耳	ear	ěr	6
129	聿	brush	yù	6
130	肉	meat	ròu	6
131	臣	minister	chén	6
132	自	oneself	zì	6
133	至	arrive	zhì	6
134	臼	mortar	jiù	6
135	舌	tongue	shé	6
136	舛	contrary	chuǎn	6
137	舟	boat	zhōu	6
138	艮	mountain	gèn	6
139	色	color	sè	6
140	艹	grass	cǎo	3
141	虍	tiger	hǔ	6
142	虫	insect	chóng	6
143	血	blood	xuě	6
144	行	walk	xíng	6
145	衣	clothes	yī	6	衤
146	西	west	xī	6	覀
147	见	see	jiàn	4	(見)
148	角	horn	jiǎo	7
149	讠	speech	yán	2	(言)
150	谷	valley	gǔ	7
151	豆	bean	dòu	7
152	豕	pig	shǐ	7
153	豸	badger	zhì	7
154	贝	shell	bèi	4	(貝)
155	赤	red	chì	7
156	走	walk	zǒu	7
157	足	foot	zú	7
158	身	body	shēn	7
159	车	cart	chē	4	(車)
160	辛	bitter	xīn	7
161	辰	morning	chén	7
162	辶	walk	chuò	3
163	邑	city	yì	7	阝
164	酉	wine	yǒu	7
165	釆	distinguish	biàn	7
166	里	village	lǐ	7
167	钅	metal	jīn	5	金
168	长	long	cháng	4	(長)
169	门	gate	mén	3	(門)
170	阜	mound	fù	8	阝
171	隶	slave	lì	8
172	隹	short-tailed bird	zhuī	8
173	雨	rain	yǔ	8
174	青	blue	qīng	8
175	非	wrong	fēi	8
176	面	face	miàn	9
177	革	leather	gé	9
178	韦	soft leather	wěi	4	(韋)
179	韭	leek	jiǔ	9
180	音	sound	yīn	9
181	页	page	yè	6	(頁)
182	风	wind	fēng	4	(風)
183	飞	fly	fēi	4	(飛)
184	饣	eat	shí	3	飠 食
185	首	head	shǒu	9
186	香	fragrant	xiāng	9
187	马	horse	mǎ	3	(馬)
188	骨	bone	gǔ	9
189	高	high	gāo	10
190	髟	long hair	biāo	10
191	鬥	fight	dòu	10
192	鬯	sacrificial wine	chàng	10
193	鬲	cauldron	lì	10
194	鬼	ghost	guǐ	9
195	鱼	fish	yú	8	(魚)
196	鸟	bird	niǎo	5	(鳥)
197	卤	salty	lǔ	7
198	鹿	deer	lù	11
199	麦	wheat	mài	7	(麥)
200	麻	hemp	má	11
201	黄	yellow	huáng	11
202	黍	millet	shǔ	12
203	黑	black	hēi	12
204	黹	embroidery	zhǐ	12
205	黾	frog	mǐn	8	(黽)
206	鼎	tripod	dǐng	12
207	鼓	drum	gǔ	13
208	鼠	rat	shǔ	13
209	鼻	nose	bí	14
210	齐	even	qí	6	(齊)
211	齿	tooth	chǐ	8	(齒)
212	龙	dragon	lóng	5	(龍)
213	龟	turtle	guī	7	(龜)
214	龠	flute	yuè	17

Chinese Character Stroke Order

General guidelines[edit]

Note: There are exceptions within and among different standards. The following are only guidelines.
1. Write from top to bottom, and left to right.
As a general rule, strokes are written from top to bottom and left to right. For example, among the first characters usually learned is the number one, which is written with a single horizontal line: 一. This character has one stroke which is written from left to right.
The character for "two" has two strokes: 二. In this case, both are written from left to right, but the top stroke is written first. The character for "three" has three strokes: 三. Each stroke is written from left to right, starting with the uppermost stroke.

The Chinese character meaning "person" (, Mandarin Chinese: rén, Cantonese Chinese: yàhn, Korean: in, Japanese: hito, nin; jin). The character has two strokes, the first shown here in dark, and the second in red. The black area represents the starting position of the writing instrument.

This rule also applies to the order of components. For example, 校 can be divided into two. The entire left side (木) is written before the right side (交). There are some exceptions to this rule, mainly occurring when the right side of a character has a lower enclosure (see below).
When there are upper and lower components, the upper components are written first, then the lower components, as in 品 and 星.
2. Horizontal before vertical
When horizontal and vertical strokes cross, horizontal strokes are usually written before vertical strokes: the character for "ten," 十, has two strokes. The horizontal stroke 一 is written first, followed by the vertical stroke → 十.
In the Japanese standard, a vertical stroke may precede many intersecting horizontal strokes if the vertical stroke does not pass through the lowest horizontal stroke.
3. Character-spanning strokes last
Vertical strokes that pass through many other strokes are written after the strokes through which they pass, as in 聿 and 弗.
Horizontal strokes that pass through many other strokes are written last, as in 毋 and 舟.
4. Diagonals right-to-left before diagonals left-to-right
Right-to-left diagonals (丿) are written before left-to-right diagonals (乀): 文.
Note that this is for symmetric diagonals; for asymmetric diagonals, as in 戈, the left-to-right may precede the right-to-left, based on other rules.
5. Center before outside in vertically symmetrical characters
In vertically symmetrical characters, the center components are written before components on the left or right. Components on the left are written before components on the right, as in 兜 and 承.
6. Enclosures before contents
Outside enclosing components are written before inside components; bottom strokes in the enclosure are written last if present, as in 日 and 口. (A common mnemonic is "Put people inside first, then close the door.") Enclosures may also have no bottom stroke, as in 同 and 月.
7. Left vertical before enclosing
Left vertical strokes are written before enclosing strokes. In the following two examples, the leftmost vertical stroke (|) is written first, followed by the uppermost and rightmost lines (┐) (which are written as one stroke): 日 and 口.
8. Bottom enclosures last
Bottom enclosing components are usually written last: 道, 建, 凶.
9. Dots and minor strokes last
Minor strokes are usually written last, as the small "dot" in the following: 玉, 求, 朮.

From Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke_order

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Very few listings become available in Raynor Park. The value is in the huge parcel(9,300)feet. Build your dream home in this quiet and sought after neighborhood. Garage was converted to family room and office in the early 60's. One mile to Apple Computers new "spaceship headquarters". What a great location. Close to everything. Open house on Saturday and Sunday September 2nd and 3rd between 1-4.

SUNNYVALE — For decades, the Raynor Park neighborhood was an island of modest living in Silicon Valley. Almost rural in flavor, it was developed on old orchard land after World War II: an affordable community for returning GIs and other new homeowners who snapped up its little flat-topped bungalows, situated on oversized lots with plenty of fruit trees.

No more. Just over a half-mile from Apple’s “spaceship” campus under construction in Cupertino, Raynor Park — like neighborhoods throughout the Bay Area — is a community in transition. It’s one more island of affordability that’s going poof amid the housing crunch brought on by the tech boom.
“You say it’s near Apple, people want it,”  a 1,050-square-foot bungalow that sold for $1.2 million, the neighborhood’s cheapest sale of 2015. “The people that are coming in here, they’re techies and doctors. That’s it. Otherwise, you can’t afford it.”

Last month, the Trulia real estate website reported that million-dollar homes are the new norm for much of the Bay Area. Crunching data from scores of neighborhoods, Trulia included Raynor Park as one dramatic example of the trend: From 2012 to 2016, its share of homes valued at $1 million or more rose from 19 percent to 94.4 percent.

nondescript bungalows — increasingly torn down by developers and private buyers — are sandwiched between Mediterranean-style McMansions. a weedy front yard where someone had parked a pickup truck; the two-story house next door, with an immaculate garden, showed off a freshly washed Tesla in the driveway.

“It’s less and less like a community and more and more where people live when they’re not at their 90-hour tech jobs,” said Laura Richardson, a systems engineer who raised her two daughters in the Raynor Park house she bought in 1987 for $275,000. “But it’s happening everywhere. There are very few neighborhoods that feel like Mayberry these days.”

Even with its escalating prices, Raynor Park is the most affordable neighborhood in Sunnyvale’s sought-after 94087 ZIP code.

Two of its public schools — Laurelwood Elementary and Peterson Middle School — are well-ranked. And its proximity to Apple’s new campus makes it “a jackpot,” said Karishma Arora, a physician in San Jose. Sensing “an investment opportunity,” she and her husband, an engineer, bought a 1,200-square-foot ranch house in 2013 for $850,000. They made it their home for three years with their young son, then sold it in February for $1.41 million.
Arora had anticipated healthy appreciation, but not that much: “Had I known, I would’ve bought two.”

While living in her Raynor Park house, she added, “We were constantly approached by real estate people. We would get fliers, knocks on the door: ‘Hey, are you interested in selling? We have all-cash buyers.’ So I think they’re going to be all wiped out, those little shacks. And it’ll be all two-story expensive houses.”

Those little houses — old-time residents refer to them as “flattops” — were built starting in the late 1940s. The neighborhood was a homey place then, full of chicken coops and well-loved gardens. Its street names recall its founders: Bryant Way was named for original landowners Clarence and Clara Bryant. Ramon and Navarro drives were named for Hollywood actor Ramon Navarro, one of Clara Bryant’s favorite leading men of the ’20s and ’30s.

The very name Raynor Park — originally spelled Ray-Nor, with a hyphen — is a contraction of “Raymond” and “Eleanor,” two of the Bryants’ children.

Close to bustling El Camino Real, with its shopping and restaurants, Raynor Park’s rapid transformation — all those McMansions — is a shock to old-timers such as Warren Campbell, a retired aircraft mechanic whose handcrafted mailboxes dot the neighborhood.
“Years ago, everyone had a flattop,” he said. “Now they tear them all down and put up something new for a million-and-a-half dollars. It’s a shame when I see these flattops torn down. The beams inside — they’re all two-by-six heart redwood. I hate to see all that redwood gone, because I could use it for my mailboxes.”

Such changes aside, the neighborhood remains relatively quiet and even boasts expanses of open land.

It adjoins Full Circle Farm, a nonprofit dedicated to sustainable food systems that sits on 11 acres leased from the Santa Clara Unified School District. With a community garden and its stable of alpacas and mini-horses, the farm is a favorite destination for local schoolchildren. Across the street is the city of Sunnyvale’s eponymous Raynor Park, with ballfields and a community activity center on close to 15 acres.

From: http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/06/05/sunnyvales-raynor-park-one-more-island-of-affordability-gone/