Radical 3

Radical 3 or radical dot (丶部) meaning "to indicate an end"[2] is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

丶
Radical 3 (U+2F02)
丶 (U+4E36) "dot"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:zhǔ
Bopomofo:ㄓㄨˋ
Wade–Giles:chu3
Cantonese Yale:jyu2
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
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 10 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this 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

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+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 dot stroke as in 永

The only stroke in radical one, 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

  1. 鎌田正; 米山寅太郎 (2018-04-01). 新漢語林 第二版 (in Japanese). 大修館書店. p. 38. ISBN 978-4-469-03163-8.
  2. 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: Abbeville Press. 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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