Radical 49
Radical 49 meaning "oneself" is 1 of 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
| 己 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 己 (U+5DF1) "oneself" | ||
| Pinyin: | jǐ | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧˇ | |
| Wade–Giles: | chi3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | géi | |
| Jyutping: | gei2 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | kí | |
| Kana: | キ ki つちのと tsuchinoto おのれ onore | |
| Kanji: | 己 onore | |
| Hangul: | 몸 mom | |
| Sino-Korean: | 기 gi | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 20 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In Chinese astrology, 巳 represents the sixth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Snake in the Chinese zodiac. In the ancient Chinese cyclic character numeral system tiāngān, 己 represents the sixth Celestial stem.
Characters with Radical 49
Small seal script character
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 己 已 巳 |
| 1 additional stroke | 巴 |
| 4 additional strokes | 巵 |
| 5 additional strokes | 巶 |
| 6 additional strokes | 巷 巸 巹 巺 |
| 7 additional strokes | 巼 |
| 9 additional strokes | 巽 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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