字の旅3,000 years in three forms
Bronze · Western ZhouWestern Zhou · c. 1000 BCE散氏盤 (西周晚期)
Bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Nature & Elements
厂
厂 cliff
がんだれ gandare
2 strokesRadical of 5 kanjiPart of 18
Your ink in 厂0% painted · 0 of 5 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
Source: Wiktionary, 厂 (rev. 92204744), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Watch your step! This radical represents the sheer, unyielding wall of a mountain. When you see this "overhang" above a character, think of the height of the peaks, the solidity of stone, and the natural protection found beneath an outcropping. it brings the weight and enduring stability of the earth to its characters.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates geological features (cliffs, stones), height, massive weight/pressure, or buildings and shelters built into rocky terrain.
育つ
What it grows into
Built from 厂, with sourced origins
- 原meadowゲン · はら
泉 + 厂
A spring bursting from a cliff-side – origin. A conservative variant is 厡, in which water is well visible at the bottom.
Ideogrammic compound · Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 厚thickコウ · あつい
一覧
Every kanji with 厂 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 5 kanji