Radical 41

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← 40 Radical 41 (U+2F28) 42 →
(U+5BF8) "thumb, inch"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:cùn
Bopomofo:ㄘㄨㄣˋ
Wade–Giles:ts'un4
Cantonese Yale:chyun
Jyutping:cyun3
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:chhùn
Japanese Kana:スン sun / ソン son (on'yomi)
Sino-Korean:촌 chon
Names
Chinese name(s):寸字旁 cùnzìpáng
Japanese name(s):寸/すん sun
Hangul:마디 madi
Stroke order animation

Radical 41 or radical inch (寸部) meaning "thumb" or "inch" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 40 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 31st indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

Strokes Characters
+0
+2 SC (=對)
+3 SC (=尋) SC (=導)
+4 JP (=對) 寿SC/JP (= -> )
+5 (= -> )
+6 JP (=專)
+7 (= -> ) SC/JP (=將)
+8
+9
+11
+12

Sinogram[edit]

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 fifth grade kanji.[1]

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References[edit]

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

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