Radical 3
Kangxi radical
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Radical 3 or radical dot (丶部) meaning "to indicate an end"[2] is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.
| 丶 | |
|---|---|
Radical 3 (U+2F02)
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| 丶 (U+4E36) "dot" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | zhǔ |
| Bopomofo: | ㄓㄨˇ |
| Wade–Giles: | chu3 |
| Cantonese Yale: | jyú |
| Jyutping: | zyu2 |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | tú |
| Japanese Kana: | チュ chu (on'yomi) てん ten (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 주 ju |
| Hán-Việt: | chủ |
| Names | |
| Chinese name(s): | 點/点 diǎn |
| Japanese name(s): | 点 ten ちょぼ chobo[1] |
| Hangul: | 점 jeom |
| Stroke order animation | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 10 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
丶 is also the 3rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
Bronze script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 丶 (zhǔ "dot") |
| +1 | 丷KO (Korean kwukyel note) |
| +2 | 丸SC/JP/丸TC (wán "pellet") |
| +3 | 丹 (dān "vermillion"), 为SC (=爲 -> 爪 / 為 -> 火 wéi "to do, to be; for") |
| +4 | 主 (zhǔ "owner, master; main") 丼 (dǎn onomatopoeia / =井 -> 二 jǐng "water well") |
| +7 | 丽SC (=麗 -> 鹿 lì "pretty, lovely") |
| +8 | 举SC (=舉 -> 臼 jǔ "raise, recommend") |
In calligraphy
The only stroke in Radical 3, known as 點/点 diǎn "dot", is called 側/侧 cè in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.
