Radical 59

彡
58 ⼹ ◄	59	► ⼻ 60
Pinyin :	shān
Zhuyin :	ㄕ ㄢ
Hiragana :	さ ん づ く り sanzukuri
Kanji :	三 旁 sanzukuri
Hangul :	터럭
Sinocorean :	삼
Codepoint :	U + 5F61
Stroke sequence :

Radical 59 , meaning “ beard ”, is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese script , which consist of three strokes.

The sign is similar to the katakana sign ミ  "mi".

With 8 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon.

Character combinations ruled by radical 59

Strokes	character
+ 00	彡
+ 04	形 彣 彤
+ 06	彥 彦
+ 07	彧 彨
+ 08	彩 彪 彫 彬
+ 09	彭
+10	彮
+11	彯 彰
+12	影
+19	彲

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 59 is coded under the code point number 12.090 (U + 2F3A).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 46 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 59  - Graphic representations of Radikal 59

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 59 on page 34