Radical 3 or radical dot (丶部) meaning "to indicate an end"[2] is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.
丶 | ||
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丶 (U+4E36) "dot" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | zhǔ | |
Bopomofo: | ㄓㄨˇ | |
Wade–Giles: | chu3 | |
Cantonese Yale: | jyú | |
Jyutping: | zyu2 | |
Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | tú | |
Japanese Kana: | チュ chu (on'yomi) てん ten (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 주 ju | |
Names | ||
Chinese name(s): | 點/点 diǎn | |
Japanese name(s): | 点 ten ちょぼ chobo[1] | |
Hangul: | 점 jeom | |
Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 10 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
丶 is also the 3rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
- Bronze script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 丶 (zhǔ "dot") |
+1 | 丷KO (Korean kwukyel note) |
+2 | 丸SC/JP/丸TC (wán "pellet") |
+3 | 丹 (dān "vermillion"), 为SC (=爲 -> 爪 / 為 -> 火 wéi "to do, to be; for") |
+4 | 主 (zhǔ "owner, master; main") 丼 (dǎn onomatopoeia / =井 -> 二 jǐng "water well") |
+7 | 丽SC (=麗 -> 鹿 lì "pretty, lovely") |
+8 | 举SC (=舉 -> 臼 jǔ "raise, recommend") |
In calligraphy
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The only stroke in Radical 3, known as 點/点 diǎn "dot", is called 側/侧 cè in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.
References
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi, Li (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.
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External links
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