Radical 39
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| 子 | ||
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| 子 (U+5B50) "child, seed" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | zǐ | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄗˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | tzu3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | ji2 | |
| Jyutping: | zi2 | |
| Japanese Kana: | シ, こ shi, ko | |
| Sino-Korean: | 자 ja | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 子偏 kohen | |
| Hangul: | 아들, 알 · adeul, ssi | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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Radical 39 meaning "child" or "seed" is 1 of 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 83 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In Chinese astrology, 子 represents the first Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Rat in the Chinese zodiac.
Characters with Radical 39
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 子 孑 孒 孓 |
| 1 additional stroke | 孔 |
| 2 additional strokes | 孕 |
| 3 additional strokes | 孖 字 存 孙 |
| 4 additional strokes | 孚 孛 孜 孝 孞 斈 |
| 5 additional strokes | 孟 孠 孡 孢 季 孤 孥 学 孧 |
| 6 additional strokes | 孨 孩 孪 |
| 7 additional strokes | 孫 孬 孭 |
| 8 additional strokes | 孮 孯 孰 孲 |
| 9 additional strokes | 孱 |
| 10 additional strokes | 孳 孴 孶 |
| 11 additional strokes | 孵 孷 |
| 13 additional strokes | 學 孹 |
| 14 additional strokes | 孺 孻 |
| 16 additional strokes | 孼 |
| 17 additional strokes | 孽 孾 |
| 19 additional strokes | 孿 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets". CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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External links
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