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丶

丶

丶 U+4E36, 丶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E36
← 丵
[U+4E35] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丷 →
[U+4E37]
See also: ` [U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT] and \ [U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丶 (radical 3 丶+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 戈 (I) or X戈 (XI), four-corner 30000)

  1. dot
  2. Kangxi radical #3, ⼂ ‎(“dot”).

References

  • KangXi: page 80, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 91
  • Dae Jaweon: page 162, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 42, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+4E36

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 丶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丶
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Large seal script

L14405

L14406

L14407

L14408

L14409

L14410

L14411

L14413

L14414
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 丶
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 知 (9)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 知庾切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈioX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈuə̆X/
Li
Rong		 /ȶioX/
Wang
Li		 /ȶĭuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhǔ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 丶
Reading # 1/1
No. 17601
Phonetic
component		 丶
Rime
group		 侯
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 拄
Old
Chinese		 /*toʔ/

Noun

丶

  1. (Chinese calligraphy) the dot stroke (named 點／点 (diǎn))

References

Japanese

Kanji

丶

(Radical)

  1. tick or dot radical No. 3 (てん, ten)
  2. dot

Readings

Synonyms

References

  • JIS: 5026
  • Kuten: 4806
  • Shift JIS: 98a4
  • EUC-JP: D0A6
  • Frequency: radical
  • Nelson: not listed
  • New Nelson: 32
  • Halpern: 3344
  • Halpern Learners: not listed
  • Heisig: not listed
  • Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 0a1.3
  1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Usage notes

  • Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

丶 • ‎(ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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See also

Distinguish from the arae-a, ㆍ

Vietnamese

Han character

丶 (chủ)

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References

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