Radical 33
Radical 33 or radical scholar (士部) meaning "scholar" or "bachelor" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
| 士 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 士 (U+58EB) "scholar, bachelor" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | shì | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄕˋ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | shyh | |
| Wade–Giles: | shih4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | sih | |
| Jyutping: | si6 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | sū | |
| Japanese Kana: | シ shi (on'yomi) さむらい samurai (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 사 sa | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | (Top) 士字頭/士字头 shìzìtóu (Side) 士字旁 shìzìpáng | |
| Hangul: | 선비 seonbi | |
| Stroke order animation | ||
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 24 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In mainland China, this radical is merged to radical earth (土, principal indexing component #29 in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components) as its associated indexing component.
Evolution
Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 士 |
| +1 | 壬 |
| +2 | 壭 (KO) |
| +3 | 壮SC/JP (=壯) |
| +4 | 壯 声SC/JP (=聲 -> 耳) 壱JP (=壹) 売JP (=賣 -> 貝) |
| +5 | 壳SC (=殼 -> 殳) |
| +6 | 壴 壵 |
| +7 | 壶SC (=壺) |
| +8 | 壷JP (=壺) 壸SC (=壼) |
| +9 | 壹 壺 壻 |
| +10 | 壼 |
| +11 | 壽 |
| +12 | 壾 壿 夀 (=壽) |
| +13 | 夁 |
Sinogram
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 fourth grade kanji[1]
References
- "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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.
- 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.
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