Radical 39
Radical 39 or radical child (子部) meaning "child" or "seed" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
| 子 | ||
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| 子 (U+5B50) "child, seed" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | zǐ | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄗˇ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | tzyy | |
| Wade–Giles: | tzŭ3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | jí | |
| Jyutping: | zi2 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | chú | |
| Japanese Kana: | シ shi (on'yomi) こ ko (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 자 ja | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 子字旁 zǐzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 子偏/こへん kohen 子供/こども kodomo 子供偏/こどもへん kodomohen 捨て子偏/すてごへん sutegohen | |
| Hangul: | 아들, 알 · adeul, ssi | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 83 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
子 is also the 54th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
In Chinese astrology, 子 represents the first Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Rat in the Chinese zodiac.
Evolution
Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 子 孑 孒 孓 |
| +1 | 孔 |
| +2 | 孕 |
| +3 | 孖 字 存 孙SC (=孫) |
| +4 | 孚 孛 孜 孝 孞 斈 (=學) |
| +5 | 孟 孠 (=嗣 -> 口) 孡 孢 季 孤 孥 学SC/JP (=學) 孧 |
| +6 | 孨 孩 孪SC (=孿) |
| +7 | 孫 孬 孭 |
| +8 | 孮 孯 孰 孲 |
| +9 | 孱 |
| +10 | 孳 孴 孶 (=孳) |
| +11 | 孵 孷 |
| +13 | 學 孹 |
| +14 | 孺 孻 |
| +16 | 孼 (=孽) |
| +17 | 孽 孾 |
| +19 | 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.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). 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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