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子
Radical 39 or radical child () meaning "child" or " seed" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes. In the '' Kangxi Dictionary'', there are 83 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical. is also the 54th indexing component in the '' Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components'' predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China. In Chinese astrology, 子 represents the first Earthly Branch and corresponds to the Rat in the Chinese zodiac. Evolution File:子-oracle.svg, Oracle bone script character File:子-bronze.svg, Bronze script character File:子-bigseal.svg, Large seal script character File:子-seal.svg, Small seal script character Derived characters Literature * * External links Unihan Database - U+5B50 {{Simplified Chinese radicals 039 054 The Type 054 (NATO Codename Jiangkai I) is a class of People's Republic of China, Chinese multi-role frigate, frigates that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Zodiac
The Chinese zodiac is a traditional classification scheme based on the lunar calendar that assigns an animal and its reputed attributes to each year in a repeating twelve-year cycle. Originating from China, the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many East Asian and Southeast Asian countries, such as Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, Bhutan and Thailand. Identifying this scheme using the generic term "''zodiac''" reflects several superficial similarities to the Western zodiac: both have time cycles divided into twelve parts, each labels at least the majority of those parts with names of animals, and each is widely associated with a culture of ascribing a person's personality or events in their life to the supposed influence of the person's particular relationship to the cycle. Nevertheless, there are major differences between the two: the animals of the Chinese zodiac are not associated with constellations spanned by the ecliptic plane. The Chinese twelve- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
