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Radicals
Radicals are the building blocks of kanji. Learn what each one means and where it comes from, and you can make an educated guess about thousands of characters. Each opens its journey from the oldest sourced form to today, with every kanji that uses it.
古Sourced ancient forms (230 radicals)Seals fill with ink as you learn their kanji
- 氵water123 kanji古
- 木tree112 kanji古
- 日sun58 kanji古
- 土earth51 kanji古
- 阝hill · left32 kanji古
- 禾grain28 kanji古
- 山mountain20 kanji古
- 彳step19 kanji古
- 石stone19 kanji古
- 火fire16 kanji古
- 田rice paddy15 kanji古
- 礻altar14 kanji古
- 雨rain · top13 kanji古
- 灬fire13 kanji古
- 米rice10 kanji古
- 冫ice10 kanji古
- 穴hole · top9 kanji古
- 寸inch9 kanji古
- 月moon8 kanji古
- 厂cliff5 kanji古
- 水water4 kanji古
- 襾cover4 kanji古
- 示altar4 kanji古
- 氺water3 kanji古
- 寸inch · right3 kanji古
- 角horn3 kanji古
- 風wind2 kanji古
- 川river2 kanji古
- 田rice paddy2 kanji古
- 山mountain · top2 kanji古
- 雨rain1 kanji古
- 穴hole1 kanji古
- 气steam1 kanji古
- 缶earthen jar1 kanji古
- 支branch1 kanji古
- 谷valley1 kanji古
- 日sun · sideside form古
- 火fire · sideside form古
- 石stone · sideside form古
- 木tree · sideside form古
- 亻person102 kanji古
- 扌hand · side89 kanji古
- 口mouth75 kanji古
- 心heart48 kanji古
- 月meat48 kanji古
- 女woman37 kanji古
- 金metal35 kanji古
- ⺖heart35 kanji古
- 頁head23 kanji古
- 目eye21 kanji古
- 尸corpse15 kanji古
- 疒sickness15 kanji古
- 儿human legs12 kanji古
- 足foot11 kanji古
- 又again10 kanji古
- 𠆢person · top9 kanji古
- 子child9 kanji古
- 彡hair-style8 kanji古
- 手hand8 kanji古
- 戈spear7 kanji古
- 耳ear6 kanji古
- 罒eye6 kanji古
- 士man · top4 kanji古
- 骨bone3 kanji古
- 毋not3 kanji古
- 廾folded hands3 kanji古
- 老old3 kanji古
- 血blood2 kanji古
- 歯tooth2 kanji古
- 人person2 kanji古
- 毛hair2 kanji古
- 肉flesh2 kanji古
- 臣retainer2 kanji古
- 氏family2 kanji古
- 父father1 kanji古
- 鼻nose1 kanji古
- 髟long hair1 kanji古
- 皮skin1 kanji古
- 首neck1 kanji古
- 面face1 kanji古
- 身body1 kanji古
- 士man1 kanji古
- 舌tongue1 kanji古
- 足footside form古
- 金metal · sideside form古
- 子childside form古
- 口mouth · sideside form古
- 目eye · sideside form古
- 耳ear · sideside form古
- 言speech70 kanji古
- 辶road55 kanji古
- 力power24 kanji古
- 攵to strike17 kanji古
- 食food12 kanji古
- 欠to lack10 kanji古
- 羽feather9 kanji古
- 見to see7 kanji古
- 行to go6 kanji古
- 走to run6 kanji古
- 止stop6 kanji古
- 立to stand5 kanji古
- 勹to wrap5 kanji古
- 歹death4 kanji古
- 丿diagonal sweeping stroke · top4 kanji古
- 工work4 kanji古
- 廴long stride3 kanji古
- 黒black3 kanji古
- 革leather3 kanji古
- 癶tramp2 kanji古
- 至to arrive2 kanji古
- 用to use2 kanji古
- 麦wheat2 kanji古
- 生birth2 kanji古
- 尢lame leg1 kanji古
- 歹death · side1 kanji古
- 走run1 kanji古
- 入to enter1 kanji古
- 夊to go slowly1 kanji古
- 丿diagonal sweeping stroke1 kanji古
- 夂to follow1 kanji古
- 立to stand1 kanji古
- 飛to fly1 kanji古
- ⺉knife26 kanji古
- 王jewelry21 kanji古
- 車cart16 kanji古
- 弓bow12 kanji古
- 亠lid9 kanji古
- 舟boat8 kanji古
- 皿plate8 kanji古
- 卩seal7 kanji古
- 殳lance shaft7 kanji古
- 方direction · side6 kanji古
- 刀sword6 kanji古
- 干dry5 kanji古
- 斤axe5 kanji古
- 玉jewelry4 kanji古
- 丨vertical stroke4 kanji古
- 冖cover4 kanji古
- 亅vertical stroke with a hook3 kanji古
- 矢arrow3 kanji古
- 弋ceremony2 kanji古
- 片split wood2 kanji古
- 耒plow2 kanji古
- 匕spoon2 kanji古
- 臼mortar2 kanji古
- 𦉰net1 kanji古
- 方direction1 kanji古
- 矢arrow1 kanji古
- 舟ship · sideside form古
- 片split wood · sideside form古
- 車car · sideside form古
- 大large17 kanji古
- 白white6 kanji古
- 幺short thread4 kanji古
- 青blue3 kanji古
- 辛spicy3 kanji古
- 斗measuring cup3 kanji古
- 小small3 kanji古
- 赤red2 kanji古
- 甘sweet2 kanji古
- 玄mysterious2 kanji古
- 色color2 kanji古
- 舛opposite feet2 kanji古
- 厶private2 kanji古
- 小small · top2 kanji古
- 非injustice1 kanji古
- 白white · side1 kanji古
- 黄yellow1 kanji古
- 長long1 kanji古
- 高high1 kanji古