| 丶 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
| 丶 (U+4E36) "dot" | ||||
| Pronunciations | ||||
| Pinyin: | zhǔ | |||
| Bopomofo: | ㄓㄨˇ | |||
| Wade–Giles: | chu3 | |||
| Cantonese Yale: | jyú | |||
| Jyutping: | zyu2 | |||
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | tú | |||
| JapaneseKana: | チュ chu (on'yomi) てん ten (kun'yomi) | |||
| Sino-Korean: | 주 ju | |||
| Hán-Việt: | chủ | |||
| 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 orradical dot (丶部) meaning"to indicate an end"[2] is one of six of the 214Kangxi radicals that are composed of only onestroke.
In theKangxi Dictionary, there are only 10 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under thisradical.
丶 is also the 3rd indexing component in theTable of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted bySimplified Chinese dictionaries published inmainland China.
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 丶 (zhǔ "dot") |
| +1 | 丷KO (Koreankwukyel 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") |

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