Radical 132 or radical self (自部) meaning "self" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
| 自 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 自 (U+81EA) "self" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | zì | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄗˋ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | tzyh | |
| Wade–Giles: | tzŭ4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | jih | |
| Jyutping: | zi | |
| Japanese Kana: | ジ ji / シ shi (on'yomi) みずか-ら mizuka-ra (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 자 ja | |
| Names | ||
| Japanese name(s): | 自/みずから mizukara | |
| Hangul: | 스스로 seuseuro | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 34 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
自 is also the 137th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution edit
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Oracle bone script character -
Bronze script character -
Large seal script character -
Small seal script character
Derived characters edit
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 自 |
| +1 | 臫 |
| +4 | 臬 臭 |
| +6 | 臮 臯 (=皋 -> 白) 臰 |
| +9 | 臱 |
| +10 | 臲 |
Sinogram edit
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 second grade kanji[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Literature edit
- 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.
External links edit
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