| Uni: | 5F61 |
| Meaning: | bristle, beard |
| Pny: | shān |
| Bopo: | ㄕㄢ |
| Gr: | shan |
| Wade: | shan1 |
| Jyutping: | saam1 |
| Yale: | sāam |
| Poj: | sam |
| Cn: | 三撇 sānpiě |
| Onyomi: | サン san |
| Jp: | 彡旁/さんづくり sanzukuri 髪飾り/かみかざり kamikazari |
| Hang: | 터럭 teoreok |
| Hanja: | 삼 sam |
Radical 59 or radical bristle meaning "bristle" or "beard" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of three strokes. It is extremely similar to the katakana Mi, the only difference is being flipped 180 degrees.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 62 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 42nd indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
| Strokes | Characters | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | ||
| +4 | ||
| +6 | SC/JP (=彥) SC (= -> 頁 / -> 髟) | |
| +7 | (=彲) | |
| +8 | JP/variant (= -> 隹) | |
| +9 | ||
| +10 | ||
| +11 | ||
| +12 | ||
| +19 |