自
Radical 132 (U+2F83)
自 (U+81EA) "self"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:zì
Bopomofo:ㄗˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:tzyh
Wade–Giles:tzŭ4
Cantonese Yale:jih
Jyutping:zi
Japanese Kana:ジ ji / シ shi (on'yomi)
みずか-ら mizuka-ra (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:자 ja
Names
Japanese name(s):自/みずから mizukara
Hangul:스스로 seuseuro
Stroke order animation

Radical 132 or radical self (自部) meaning "self" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 34 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

自 is also the 137th 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自
+1臫
+4臬 臭
+6臮 臯 (=皋 -> 白) 臰
+9臱
+10臲

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 second grade kanji[1]


References

  1. 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

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