Radical 39

Radical 39 (U+2F26)
(U+5B50) "child, seed"
Pinyin:
Bopomofo: ㄗˇ
Wade–Giles: tzu3
Jyutping: zi2
Cantonese Yale: ji2
Hiragana: シ, こ shi, ko
Kanji: 子偏 kohen
Hangul: 아들, 알 · adeul, ssi
Sino-Korean: 자 ja
Stroke order.

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

seal script character
strokes character
without additional strokes 子 孑 孒 孓
1 additional stroke
2 additional strokes
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
10 additional strokes 孳 孴 孶
11 additional strokes 孵 孷
13 additional strokes 學 孹
14 additional strokes 孺 孻
16 additional strokes
17 additional strokes 孽 孾
19 additional strokes 孿

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