Radical 39
{{Short description|Chinese character radical}}
{{Infobox Kangxi radical|39
| uni = 5B50
| meaning = child, seed
| pny = zǐ
| bopo = ㄗˇ
| gr = tzyy
| wade = tzŭ3
| jyutping = zi2
| yale = jí
| poj = chú
| cn = (Left) 子字旁 zǐzìpáng
(Bottom) 子字底 zǐzìdǐ
| onyomi = シ shi
| kunyomi = こ ko
| jp = 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
| hang = 아들, 알 · adeul, ssi
| hanja = 자 ja
}}
Radical 39 or radical child ({{Lang|zh-Hant|子部}}) meaning "child" or "seed" is one of the 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.
{{Lang|zh-Hans|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
File:子-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character
File:子-bronze.svg|Bronze script character
File:子-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character
File:子-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| +0 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|子}} {{Linktext|孑}} {{Linktext|孒}} {{Linktext|孓}} |
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| +1 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孔}} |
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| +2 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孕}} |
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| +3 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孖}} {{Linktext|字}} {{Linktext|存}} {{Linktext|孙}}SC (=孫) |
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| +4 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孚}} {{Linktext|孛}} {{Linktext|孜}} {{Linktext|孝}} {{Linktext|孞}} {{Linktext|斈}} (=學) |
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| +5 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孟}} {{Linktext|孠}} (={{Linktext|嗣}} -> 口) {{Linktext|孡}} {{Linktext|孢}} {{Linktext|季}} {{Linktext|孤}} {{Linktext|孥}} {{Linktext|学}}SC/JP (=學) {{Linktext|孧}} |
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| +6 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孨}} {{Linktext|孩}} {{Linktext|孪}}SC (=孿) |
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| +7 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孫}} {{Linktext|孬}} {{Linktext|孭}} |
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| +8 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孮}} {{Linktext|孯}} {{Linktext|孰}} {{Linktext|孲}} |
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| +9 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孱}} |
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| +10 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孳}} {{Linktext|孴}} {{Linktext|孶}} (=孳) |
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| +11 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孵}} {{Linktext|孷}} |
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| +13 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|學}} {{Linktext|孹}} |
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| +14 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孺}} {{Linktext|孻}} |
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| +16 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孼}} (=孽) |
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| +17 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孽}} {{Linktext|孾}} |
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| +19 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|孿}} |
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.{{Cite web |title=The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo |url=https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324010221/https://www.kanshudo.com/collections/kyoiku_kanji |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=2023-05-06 |website=www.kanshudo.com}} It is a first grade kanji.
References
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Literature
- {{cite book|last= Fazzioli |first= Edoardo |others= calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko |title= Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters |year= 1987 |publisher= Abbeville Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-89659-774-1 }}
- {{cite book|last= Lunde |first= Ken |title= CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing |edition= Second |date= Jan 5, 2009 |publisher= O'Reilly Media |location= Sebastopol, Calif. |isbn= 978-0-596-51447-1 |chapter= Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets |chapter-url= http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596514471/cjkvip2e-appJ.pdf }}
External links
{{Commons category|Radical 039}}
- [https://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=5B50 Unihan Database - U+5B50]
{{Kangxi Radicals}}
{{Simplified Chinese radicals}}