Radical 132

自
131 ⾂ ◄	132	► ⾄ 133
Pinyin :	zì (= yourself)
Zhuyin :	ㄗ ˋ
Hiragana :	み ず か ら mizukara
Kanji :	自 ら mizukara
Hangul :	스스로
Sinocorean :	자 cha
Codepoint :	U + 81EA
Stroke sequence :

Radical 132 自 meaning " self " is one of 29 of the 214 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with six strokes.

With 5 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary, there are very few characters that can be found under this radical in the lexicon. In the Kangxi dictionary there were still 34 characters that could be found under this radical.

The radical自takes only in the traditional characters - list of traditional radicals consisting of 214 radicals 132. position. In modern abbreviation dictionaries it can be found in a completely different place. In the New Chinese-German Dictionary from the People's Republic of China, for example, it is in 180th position.

The character developed from the image of a person pointing at one's own nose ( Radikal 209 ). The oracle symbol shows a human nose , and nose is also the former meaning of 自. Only later did the sign take on the meanings 自己 (= self), 自然 (ziran = nature ) and 自从 (= since).

Today's symbol for nose is 鼻 (bi). It is made up of the original character for nose 自 above and the sound carrier 畀 below. 臭 (= stink) contains the nose 自 and the dog (犬): The dog's nose recognizes smells very well. This was the first meaning of the sign: 嗅 (= to sniff).

Character combinations ruled by radical 132

Dog nose

Strokes	character
+ 00	自
+ 01	臫
+ 04	臬 臭
+ 06	臮 臯 臰
+ 09	臱
+10	臲

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 132 is coded under the code point number 12.163 (U + 2F83).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 29 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 33 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 132  - Graphic representations of Radikal 132

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 132 on page 121