Radical 3
| 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 | |
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Radical 3 or radical dot (丶部) meaning "to indicate an end"stroke.
In the 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
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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
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
- ISBN 978-4-469-03163-8.
- ^ Shuowen Jiezi: “丶，有所絶止，丶而識之也。” "Where there is an end, 丶 is used to mark it." This refers to the practice of using 丶 as a judou punctuation mark.
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: 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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GF 0011-2009 Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components prescribes 201 principle indexing components and 100 associated indexing components (in brackets) used in Simplified Chinese. Not all associated indexing components are listed above. | |
