Radical 39

子孑孒孓
38 ⼥ ◄	39	► ⼧ 40
Pinyin :	zǐ (= child)
Zhuyin :	ㄗ ˇ
Hiragana :	こ ko
Kanji :	子偏 kohen (= radical child)
Hangul :	아들
Sinocorean :	자
Codepoint :	U + 5B50 to U + 5B53
Stroke sequence :

The radical 39 with the meaning " child " ( seed , seed ) is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of three strokes.

This character occurs in numerous combinations with the most varied of meanings. In the Kangxi dictionary there are only 83 out of 40,000 characters that can be found under this radical.

Examples of compositions with this radical are:

character	Explanation
孩	The character for child is made up of the radical 子 (= child) and the phonetic giver on the right (亥radical 8 +4).
孝	The character for child patience , an important Confucian virtue, is made up of the radical 子 and the radical 125老 (= old). +
孕	The character for pregnant is made up of the radical 子 and the character 乃 ( radical 4 +1), which is supposed to represent the womb here.
孤	The character for orphan is made up of the radical 子 and the phonetic giver 瓜, actually melon ( radical 97 ).

As a sound carrier, 子 appears in signs such as 仔 (= young), 孜 (= busy) and 籽 (= seed).

Character combinations ruled by radical 39

chinese child

Strokes	character
+ 00	子孑孒孓
+ 01	孔
+ 02	孕
+ 03	孖字存孙
+ 04	孚孛孜孝孞斈
+ 05	孟孠孡孢季孤孥学孧
+ 06	孨孩孪
+ 07	孫孬孭
+ 08	孮孯孰孲
+ 09	孱
+10	孳孴孶
+11	孵孷
+13	學孹
+14	孺孻
+16	孼
+17	孽孾
+19	孿

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 39 is coded under the code point number 12.070 (U + 2F26).

literature

Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 27 .
Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 44 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 39 - Graphic representations of Radikal 39

Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 39 on page 43