Radical 3

丶
← 2 Radical 3 (U+2F02) 4 →
丶 (U+4E36) "dot"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	zhǔ
Bopomofo:	ㄓㄨˇ
Wade–Giles:	chu3
Cantonese Yale:	jyú
Jyutping:	zyu2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	tú
Japanese Kana:	チュ chu (on'yomi) てん ten (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	주 ju
Names
Chinese name(s):	點/点 diǎn
Japanese name(s):	点 ten ちょぼ chobo[1]
Hangul:	점 jeom
Stroke order animation

Radical 3 or radical dot (丶部) meaning "to indicate an end"^[2] is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are only 10 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

丶 is also the 3rd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

• 
  Bronze script character
• 
  Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	丶 (zhǔ "dot")
+1	丷KO (Korean kwukyel note)
+2	丸SC/JP/丸TC (wán "pellet")
+3	丹 (dān "vermillion"), 为SC (=爲 -> 爪 / 為 -> 火 wéi "to do, to be; for")
+4	主 (zhǔ "owner, master; main") 丼 (dǎn onomatopoeia / =井 -> 二 jǐng "water well")
+7	丽SC (=麗 -> 鹿 lì "pretty, lovely")
+8	举SC (=舉 -> 臼 jǔ "raise, recommend")

In calligraphy

The only stroke in Radical 3, known as 點/点 diǎn "dot", is called 側/侧 cè in the eight principles of the character 永 (永字八法 Yǒngzì Bāfǎ) which are the basis of Chinese calligraphy.

References

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: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
• Leyi, Li (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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