Radical 39

子
Radical 39 (U+2F26)
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, こ shi, ko
Sino-Korean:	자 ja
Names
Japanese name(s):	子偏 kohen
Hangul:	아들, 알 · adeul, ssi
Stroke order animation

Radical 39 meaning "child" or "seed" is 1 of 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.

In Chinese astrology, 子 represents the first Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Rat in the Chinese zodiac.

Characters with Radical 39

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  Oracle bone script character
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  Bronze script character
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  Great seal script character
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  Small seal script character

strokes	character
without additional strokes	子 孑 孒 孓
1 additional stroke	孔
2 additional strokes	孕
3 additional strokes	孖 字 存 孙
4 additional strokes	孚 孛 孜 孝 孞 斈
5 additional strokes	孟 孠 孡 孢 季 孤 孥 学 孧
6 additional strokes	孨 孩 孪
7 additional strokes	孫 孬 孭
8 additional strokes	孮 孯 孰 孲
9 additional strokes	孱
10 additional strokes	孳 孴 孶
11 additional strokes	孵 孷
13 additional strokes	學 孹
14 additional strokes	孺 孻
16 additional strokes	孼
17 additional strokes	孽 孾
19 additional strokes	孿

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, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
• Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets". CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1. {{cite book}}: External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)

External links

• Unihan Database - U+5B50