Radical 39

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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.

← 38 Radical 39 (U+2F26) 40 →
(U+5B50) "child, seed"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄗˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:tzyy
Wade–Giles:tzŭ3
Cantonese Yale:
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.

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

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+2
+3 SC (=孫)
+4 (=學)
+5 (= -> ) SC/JP (=學)
+6 SC (=孿)
+7
+8
+9
+10 (=孳)
+11
+13
+14
+16 (=孽)
+17
+19 孿

Sinogram

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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]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.


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