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'''Radical''' (from Latin radicis, genitive of radix "root") can refer to many different things and concepts.
[[Image:Radical-38_early-form.jpg|right|frame|<center>Radical 38 or the basic "woman" character 女</center><center>modern Mandarin pronunciation nǚ</center>]]
[[Image:Radical-38_early-form.jpg|right|frame|<center>Radical 38 or the basic "woman" character 女</center><center>modern Mandarin pronunciation nǚ</center>]]
==Etymology==
==Etymology==
post-classical Latin radicalis relating to or forming the root, original, primary (c400 in Augustine), radical, fundamental (a1250, 1620 in British sources), of or belonging to the root of a word (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1573 at sense A. 4a) < classical Latin r{amac}d{imac}c-, r{amac}d{imac}x RADIX n. + -{amac}lis -AL suffix1.
post-classical Latin radicalis relating to or forming the root, original, primary (c400 in Augustine), radical, fundamental (a1250, 1620 in British sources), of or belonging to the root of a word (1572 in the passage translated in quot. 1573 at sense A. 4a) < classical Latin r{amac}d{imac}c-, r{amac}d{imac}x RADIX n. + -{amac}lis -AL suffix1.
