Radical 41
Radical 41 or radical inch (寸部) meaning "thumb" or "inch" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
| 寸 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
| 寸 (U+5BF8) "thumb, inch" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | cùn | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄘㄨㄣˋ | |
| Wade–Giles: | ts'un4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | chyun | |
| Jyutping: | cyun3 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | chhùn | |
| Japanese Kana: | スン sun / ソン son (on'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 촌 chon | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 寸字旁 cùnzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 寸/すん sun | |
| Hangul: | 마디 madi | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 40 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
寸 is also the 31st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
- Bronze script character
- Large seal script character
- Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 寸 |
| +2 | 对SC (=對) |
| +3 | 寺 寻SC (=尋) 导SC (=導) |
| +4 | 寽 対JP (=對) 寿SC/JP (=壽 -> 士) |
| +5 | 尀 (=叵 -> 口) |
| +6 | 封 専JP (=專) |
| +7 | 尃 射 尅 (=剋 -> 刀) 将SC/JP (=將) |
| +8 | 將 專 尉 |
| +9 | 尊 尋 尌 |
| +11 | 對 |
| +12 | 導 |
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.[1] It is a fifth grade kanji.[1]
See also
References
- "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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