Radical 133

至
Radical 133 (U+2F84)
至 (U+81F3) "arrive"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:zhì
Bopomofo:ㄓˋ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:jyh
Wade–Giles:chih4
Cantonese Yale:ji
Jyutping:zi3
Japanese Kana:シ shi (on'yomi)
いた-る ita-ru (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:지 ji
Names
Japanese name(s):至/いたる itaru
(Left) 至偏/いたるへん itaruhen
Hangul:이를 ireul
Stroke order animation

Radical 133 or radical arrive (至部) meaning "arrive" or "most" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 24 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

至 is also the 129 indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0 至
+4 致
+6 臵 臶 臷 臸
+7 臹
+8 臺
+10 臻

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fifth grade kanji.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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.