丶

See also: ` [U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT], \ [U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS], and 、 [U+3001 IDEOGRAPHIC COMMA]

丶	U+4E36, 丶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E36

← 丵
[U+4E35]

CJK Unified Ideographs

丷 →
[U+4E37]

⼂	U+2F02, ⼂ KANGXI RADICAL DOT

← ⼁
[U+2F01]

Kangxi Radicals

⼃ →
[U+2F03]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

See images of
Radical 3 丶

丶 (Kangxi radical 3, 丶+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 戈 (I) or 難戈 (XI), four-corner 3000₀)

Kangxi radical #3, ⼂.

Derived characters

Appendix:Chinese radical/丶

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 80, character 12
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 91
Dae Jaweon: page 162, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 42, character 8
Unihan data for U+4E36

Chinese

simp. and trad.		丶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丶
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts L14405 L14406 L14407 L14408 L14409 L14410 L14411 L14413 L14414
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

A small fire on a torch, when used as the original form of 主; otherwise, it was just a point.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔ (zhu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chu³
  - Yale: jǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juu
  - Palladius: чжу (čžu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyu²
  - Yale: jyú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chú
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú
  - Tâi-lô: tsú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: trjuX

Rime
Character	丶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	知庾切
Baxter	trjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈuə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ȶio^X/
Wang Li	/ȶĭu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*toʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	丶
Reading #	1/1
No.	17601
Phonetic component	丶
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	拄
Old Chinese	/*toʔ/

Definitions

丶

An ancient punctuation mark.
Alternative form of 主

Japanese

Kanji

丶

(Hyōgai kanji)

tick or dot radical No. 3 (てん, ten)
dot

Readings

On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
Kun: てん (ten)

Synonyms

点

Usage notes

Appears only as a radical.

Korean

Hanja

丶 (eumhun 점 주 (jeom ju))

comma

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]