Radical 39
Chinese character radical
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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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Radical 39
(U+2F26)
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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): | (Left) 子字旁 zǐzìpáng (Bottom) 子字底 zǐzìdǐ |
| 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
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 first grade kanji.[1]
