Radical 161
| 辰 | |
|---|---|
Radical 161 (U+2FA0)
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| 辰 (U+8FB0) "morning" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | chén |
| Bopomofo: | ㄔㄣˊ |
| Wade–Giles: | ch'en2 |
| Cantonese Yale: | san4 |
| Jyutping: | san4 |
| Japanese Kana: | シン shin (on'yomi) たつ tatsu (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 신 sin |
| Hán-Việt: | thần |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | しんのたつ shinnotatsu |
| Hangul: | 별 byeol |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 161 or radical morning (辰部) meaning "morning" is one of the 20 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 7 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 15 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In Chinese astrology, 辰 represents the fifth Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac.
辰 is also the 154th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character
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Bronze script character
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Large seal script character
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Small seal script character
Derived characters
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 辰 |
| +3 | 辱 |
| +6 | 農 |
| +8 | 辳 (=農) |
| +12 | 辴 |
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.
- 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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