Radical 33
Chinese character radical
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Radical 33 or radical scholar (士部) meaning "scholar" or "bachelor" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
| 士 | |
|---|---|
Radical 33 (U+2F20)
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| 士 (U+58EB) "scholar, bachelor" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | shì |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕˋ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | shyh |
| Wade–Giles: | shih4 |
| Cantonese Yale: | sih |
| Jyutping: | si6 |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | sū |
| Japanese Kana: | シ shi (on'yomi) さむらい samurai (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 사 sa |
| Names | |
| Chinese name(s): | (Top) 士字頭/士字头 shìzìtóu (Side) 士字旁 shìzìpáng |
| Hangul: | 선비 seonbi |
| Stroke order animation | |
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 24 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In mainland China, this radical is merged to radical earth (土, principal indexing component #29 in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components) as its associated indexing component.
Evolution
- Oracle bone script character
- Bronze script character
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
Sinogram
The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fourth grade kanji.[1]