Useful Kanji Radicals Flashcards

丨

Stick, vertical stroke (radical)

丿

Bent stroke (radical)

丶

Dot (radical)

亅

Stroke with hook (radical)

亠

Lid (radical)

儿

Legs (radical)

冂

To enclose (radical)

冖

Crown, cover (radical)

冫

Origin: 氷 Ice (Kanji)

Ice (radical)

几

Desk, table (radical)

凵

Open box, open mouth (radical)

勹

To wrap/embrace (radical)

匕

Spoon (radical)

囗

Box (radical)

⼕

Side open box (radical)

匸

Similar: 亡 Die, pass away (Kanji)

To conceal, dead (radical)

⺊

Divination, oracle, diving rod (radical)

卩　

Similar: 印 Stamp, seal (Kanji)

Stamp, seal (radical)

ㄏ

Cliff (radical)

厶

Private (radical)

亻

Origin: 人 Person (Kanji)

Person (left side radical)

宀

Roof (radical)

䒑　

Similar: 草 Grass (Kanji)

Grass (radical)

⺌

Origin: 小 Small (Kanji)

Small (radical variant)

ホ

Origin: 木 Tree, wood (Kanji)

Tree, wood (radical variant)

禾

Two branched tree, grain

衤

Origin: 衣 Clothes (Kanji)

Clothes (left side radical)

巛

Winding river

阝 (radical on the right side)　

Origin: ⾢ Group

Village, group (radical)

阝 (radical on the left side)　

Origin: 阜 Hill

Hill (radical)

己

Self

Similar: 自 Oneself

氵

Origin: 水 Water (Kanji)　

Water (radical on left side)

扌

Origin: 手 Hand (Kanji)

Hand (radical on left side)

忄

Origin: 心 Heart, spirit, mind (Kanji)

Heart (radical on left side)

彳

Step

毋　

Similar: 母 Mother (Kanji)

Mother, do not

幺　

Similar: 糸 Thread (Kanji)

Short thread (radical)

夂　

Similar: 冬 Winter (Kanji)

Go, late, winter (radical)

灬

Origin:

火 Fire (Kanji)

Fire (radical on bottom)

攵

Breakdown:

𠂉 Person

乂 Crossed swords

Strike

广

Breakdown:

厂 Cliff

丶 Dot

Slanted roof, rocky cliff (radical)

一

Words:

一日　いちにち　One day

一人　ひとり　One person

One

Words:

(_)日　いちにち　One day

(_)人　ひとり　One person