Radical 28

← 27 Radical 28 (U+2F1B) 29 →
(U+53B6) "private"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:
Bopomofo:
Wade–Giles:ssu1
Cantonese Yale:
Jyutping:mau5, si1
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:su
Japanese Kana:シ shi (on'yomi)
Sino-Korean:사 sa
Names
Chinese name(s):私字旁 sīzìpáng
Japanese name(s): mu
Hangul:사사로울 sasaroul
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Radical 28 or radical private (厶部) meaning "private" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two strokes.

The radical character is the original form of (private).

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 40 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 25th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.