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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 | |
Stroke order animation | ||
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.
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.
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 子 孑 孒 孓 |
+1 | 孔 |
+2 | 孕 |
+3 | 孖 字 存 孙SC (=孫) |
+4 | 孚 孛 孜 孝 孞 斈 (=學) |
+5 | 孟 孠 (= 嗣 -> 口) 孡 孢 季 孤 孥 学SC/JP (=學) 孧 |
+6 | 孨 孩 孪SC (=孿) |
+7 | 孫 孬 孭 |
+8 | 孮 孯 孰 孲 |
+9 | 孱 |
+10 | 孳 孴 孶 (=孳) |
+11 | 孵 孷 |
+13 | 學 孹 |
+14 | 孺 孻 |
+16 | 孼 (=孽) |
+17 | 孽 孾 |
+19 | 孿 |
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]