丶

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See also: ` , \ , and 、
丶 U+4E36, 丶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E36
← 丵
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丷 →
⼂ U+2F02, ⼂
KANGXI RADICAL DOT
← ⼁
 		Kangxi Radicals ⼃ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

  1. Kangxi radical #3, ⼂.

Derived characters

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 丶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丶
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script
Transcribed ancient scripts
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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

A small fire on a torch, when used as the original form of 主; otherwise, it was just a point.

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
Baxter trjuX
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyu2
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/

Definitions

丶

  1. An ancient punctuation mark.
  2. Alternative form of 主

Japanese

Kanji

丶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

Readings

  • On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)←ちう (tiu, historical)
  • Kun: てん (ten)

Synonyms

Usage notes

  • Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

丶 (eumhun 점 주 (jeom ju))

  1. comma

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

丶: Hán Nôm readings: chủ

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