字の旅2,200 years in two forms
Small seal · QinQin · 221 BCE說文‧亅部
Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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亅
亅 vertical stroke with a hook
はねぼう hanebou
1 strokeRadical of 3 kanjiPart of 7
Your ink in 亅0% painted · 0 of 3 familiar
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Reach down and hook it! This radical acts as the anchor and the stabilizer of the kanji it joins. Think of it as a strong vertical pillar that ends with a firm flick, catching something from below and holding it in place. It gives a sense of structural integrity, completion, and the physical act of "hooking" into reality.”
Where it sits in a kanji
Indicates structural stability, the act of hooking or catching, completion of an action, or a firm grounding.
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Every kanji with 亅 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 3 kanji