Radical 132 or radical self (自部) meaning "self" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

← 131 Radical 132 (U+2F83) 133 →
(U+81EA) "self"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:ㄗˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:tzyh
Wade–Giles:tzŭ4
Cantonese Yale:jih
Jyutping:zi
Japanese Kana:ジ ji / シ shi (on'yomi)
みずか-ら mizuka-ra (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:자 ja
Names
Japanese name(s):自/みずから mizukara
Hangul:스스로 seuseuro
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 34 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 137th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+4
+6 (= -> )
+9
+10

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 second 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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