List of kanji radicals
List of kanji radicals ordered by number of strokes
Every kanji character can be decomposed in one or multiple components. Each one of those components are called "radicals" 部首. They help to identify a specific character in Japanese dictionaries. For example, the character 安 is formed by two different radicals: 宀 and 女.
Sometimes these radicals have some meaning related to the final meaning of the kanji, but that's not always the case.
Where to look for a radical
Inside the character, the radical can be found in 7 different positions:
Position | Name | Example |
---|---|---|
Left side | へん hen | |
Right side | つくり tsukuri | |
Top | かんむり kanmuri | |
Bottom | あし ashi | |
Top left side | たれ tare | |
Bottom left side | にょう nyou | |
Enclosure Also: | かまえ kamae |
Japanese kanji radicals list
# | Radical | Other forms | Stroke count | Tags | Meaning |
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1 | 1 stroke | important radical | one; a horizontal stroke | ||
2 | || | 1 stroke | important radical | a vertical stroke | |
3 | 1 stroke | important radical | a dot | ||
4 | ノノ | 1 stroke | important radical | a stroke curved to the left | |
5 | 乚, ⺄, 乛乚 ⺄ 乛 | 1 stroke | a bend stroke; the second of celestial stems | ||
6 | 1 stroke | a hook | |||
7 | 2 strokes | two; two horizontal strokes | |||
8 | 2 strokes | important radical | head, above, lid | ||
9 | 亻, ⺅, 𠆢亻 ⺅ 𠆢 | 2 strokes | important radical | man, a person | |
10 | 2 strokes | legs; man, a person (at the bottom of a character) | |||
11 | 2 strokes | entering, starting | |||
12 | ハハ | 2 strokes | important radical | eight; to part, to divide | |
13 | 2 strokes | down box, wilderness | |||
14 | 2 strokes | cover | |||
15 | 2 strokes | two dots; ice, cold | |||
16 | 2 strokes | small table | |||
17 | 2 strokes | container, wide opened mouth | |||
18 | 刂, ⺉, ⺈刂 ⺉ ⺈ | 2 strokes | important radical | knife, sword, cutting, separating | |
19 | 2 strokes | important radical | strength, force | ||
20 | 2 strokes | wrap, embrace | |||
21 | 2 strokes | spoon, ladle | |||
22 | 2 strokes | square box | |||
23 | 匸匸 | 3 strokes | round box | ||
24 | 2 strokes | important radical | ten; two crossed strokes | ||
25 | ⼘, ⺊⼘ ⺊ | 2 strokes | divining | ||
26 | 㔾㔾 | 2 strokes | seal, stamp | ||
27 | 2 strokes | important radical | cliff | ||
28 | 2 strokes | self, private | |||
29 | 2 strokes | grasping, further, again | |||
30 | 品品 | 3 strokes | important radical | mouth, opening, sounding | |
31 | 3 strokes | important radical | enclosure | ||
32 | 3 strokes | important radical | earth, soil | ||
33 | 3 strokes | official, scholar | |||
34 | 3 strokes | walking slowly | |||
35 | 3 strokes | overtaking | |||
36 | 3 strokes | evening | |||
37 | 3 strokes | big, large | |||
38 | 3 strokes | important radical | woman, female | ||
39 | 孑孑 | 3 strokes | child, son, seed; the first of terrestrial branches | ||
40 | 3 strokes | important radical | roof, cover | ||
41 | 3 strokes | inch | |||
42 | ⺌, ⺍⺌ ⺍ | 3 strokes | important radical | small | |
43 | 尤, 尣尤 尣 | 3 strokes | lame | ||
44 | 3 strokes | important radical | corpse, body | ||
45 | 3 strokes | sprout | |||
46 | 3 strokes | important radical | mountain, cliff | ||
47 | 川, 巜川 巜 | 3 strokes | river, stream | ||
48 | 3 strokes | work | |||
49 | 己, 巳己 巳 | 3 strokes | self, own; the sixth of celestial stems | ||
50 | 3 strokes | important radical | towel, napkin, turban | ||
51 | 3 strokes | dried | |||
52 | 乡乡 | 3 strokes | short, tiny | ||
53 | 3 strokes | important radical | house built at a slope, dotted cliff | ||
54 | 3 strokes | walking a long distance | |||
55 | 廿廿 | 3 strokes | two hands (at bottom of character); twenty | ||
56 | 3 strokes | shoot; arrow | |||
57 | 3 strokes | important radical | bow | ||
58 | ヨ, 彑ヨ 彑 | 3 strokes | pig head | ||
59 | 3 strokes | hair, feather | |||
60 | 3 strokes | important radical | walking slowly | ||
61 | 忄, ⺗忄 ⺗ | 4 strokes | important radical | heart, feeling | |
62 | 4 strokes | axe, halberd | |||
63 | 戶, 户戶 户 | 4 strokes | house, door | ||
64 | 扌, 龵扌 龵 | 4 strokes | important radical | hand, actions | |
65 | 4 strokes | branch | |||
66 | 攴攴 | 4 strokes | important radical | whip | |
67 | 4 strokes | word, literature | |||
68 | 4 strokes | a kind of volume measure | |||
69 | 4 strokes | a kind of weight measure; axe | |||
70 | 4 strokes | square, direction, locality | |||
71 | 旡, 無旡 無 | 4 strokes | do not, no | ||
72 | 4 strokes | important radical | sun, clear | ||
73 | 4 strokes | speaking | |||
74 | ⺝⺝ | 4 strokes | moon, month | ||
75 | 4 strokes | important radical | tree, wood | ||
76 | 4 strokes | yawn, lack | |||
77 | 4 strokes | stopping | |||
78 | 歺歺 | 4 strokes | dead, decay | ||
79 | 4 strokes | halberd | |||
80 | 母, ⺟母 ⺟ | 4 strokes | mother | ||
81 | 4 strokes | side by side, comparing | |||
82 | 4 strokes | hair, feather | |||
83 | 4 strokes | clan | |||
84 | 4 strokes | air, breath | |||
85 | 氵, 氺氵 氺 | 4 strokes | important radical | water | |
86 | 灬灬 | 4 strokes | important radical | fire | |
87 | 爫, ⺥, ⺤爫 ⺥ ⺤ | 4 strokes | claw, hand | ||
88 | 4 strokes | father | |||
89 | 4 strokes | mix, twine, cross | |||
90 | 丬丬 | 4 strokes | half of a tree trunk, split wood | ||
91 | 4 strokes | slice, piece | |||
92 | 5 strokes | fang | |||
93 | 牜, ⺧牜 ⺧ | 4 strokes | important radical | cow, ox | |
94 | 犭犭 | 4 strokes | important radical | dog, dog-like animals | |
95 | 5 strokes | black, dark, profound | |||
96 | 玉, 玊, ⺩玉 玊 ⺩ | 4 strokes | important radical | jade, stone, king, ball | |
97 | 6 strokes | pumpkin, melon | |||
98 | 5 strokes | tile, earthenware | |||
99 | 5 strokes | sweet | |||
100 | 5 strokes | giving birth, live | |||
101 | 甩甩 | 5 strokes | using | ||
102 | 5 strokes | important radical | field | ||
103 | ⺪⺪ | 5 strokes | roll, bolt of cloth | ||
104 | 5 strokes | important radical | sickness | ||
105 | 5 strokes | footsteps | |||
106 | 5 strokes | white | |||
107 | 5 strokes | leather, skin | |||
108 | 5 strokes | important radical | dish, plate | ||
109 | 5 strokes | important radical | eye | ||
110 | 5 strokes | spear, pike | |||
111 | 5 strokes | arrow | |||
112 | 5 strokes | important radical | stone, rock | ||
113 | 礻礻 | 5 strokes | important radical | altar, display, spiritual, ancestor | |
114 | 5 strokes | rump, track | |||
115 | 5 strokes | important radical | grain, ear | ||
116 | 5 strokes | hollow, hole, hidden | |||
117 | 5 strokes | important radical | stand, erect | ||
118 | ⺮⺮ | 6 strokes | important radical | bamboo | |
119 | 6 strokes | important radical | rice | ||
120 | 糹糹 | 6 strokes | important radical | thread, fabric | |
121 | 6 strokes | tin, can, jar | |||
122 | 网, 罓, ⺲, ⺳网 罓 ⺲ ⺳ | 5 strokes | net | ||
123 | ⺶, ⺷⺶ ⺷ | 6 strokes | sheep, goat | ||
124 | 6 strokes | wings, feather | |||
125 | 老, ⺹老 ⺹ | 6 strokes | old | ||
126 | 6 strokes | moustache, beard; but, and | |||
127 | 6 strokes | handle of a plough | |||
128 | 6 strokes | important radical | ear | ||
129 | 肀, ⺻肀 ⺻ | 6 strokes | ink brush | ||
130 | ⺼, 月⺼ 月 | 6 strokes | important radical | meat, organs of the body | |
131 | 7 strokes | minister, official | |||
132 | 6 strokes | nose, oneself | |||
133 | 6 strokes | arrive | |||
134 | 6 strokes | mortar | |||
135 | 6 strokes | tongue | |||
136 | 7 strokes | lying side by side, opposite | |||
137 | 6 strokes | important radical | boat, ship | ||
138 | 6 strokes | stopping | |||
139 | 6 strokes | color, outlook | |||
140 | 艸, ⺾, 䒑, 丷艸 ⺾ 䒑 丷 | 6 strokes | important radical | grass, herb, plant | |
141 | 6 strokes | tiger | |||
142 | 6 strokes | important radical | insect, creeping animal | ||
143 | 6 strokes | blood | |||
144 | 6 strokes | walk, row, line, journey | |||
145 | 衤衤 | 6 strokes | important radical | clothing | |
146 | 襾, 覀襾 覀 | 6 strokes | cover, west | ||
147 | 7 strokes | important radical | see | ||
148 | 7 strokes | horn; a kind of volume measure | |||
149 | 訁訁 | 7 strokes | important radical | speaking, speech | |
150 | 7 strokes | valley | |||
151 | 7 strokes | bean; a kind of vessel | |||
152 | 7 strokes | pig | |||
153 | 7 strokes | small hairy animals (cat, badger) | |||
154 | 7 strokes | important radical | shell | ||
155 | 7 strokes | red, bare | |||
156 | 赱赱 | 7 strokes | run | ||
157 | ⻊⻊ | 7 strokes | important radical | foot, leg, walking | |
158 | 7 strokes | body | |||
159 | 7 strokes | important radical | cart, car | ||
160 | 7 strokes | bitter; the eighth of celectial stems | |||
161 | 7 strokes | morning; the fifth of terrestrial branches | |||
162 | 辶, ⻌, ⻍, 辵辶 ⻌ ⻍ 辵 | 4 strokes | important radical | stamping on the earth, going | |
163 | 阝, 邑阝 邑 | 3 strokes | important radical | village, town | |
164 | 7 strokes | sake, wine, jar; the tenth of terrestrial branches | |||
165 | 7 strokes | distiguishing, separating | |||
166 | 7 strokes | mile, village, hamlet | |||
167 | 釒釒 | 8 strokes | important radical | metal, gold | |
168 | 镸镸 | 8 strokes | long, hair | ||
169 | 8 strokes | important radical | door, gate | ||
170 | 阝, 阜阝 阜 | 3 strokes | important radical | hill, dam | |
171 | 8 strokes | slave, reaching, catching | |||
172 | 8 strokes | important radical | small bird | ||
173 | ⻗⻗ | 8 strokes | important radical | rain | |
174 | 靑靑 | 8 strokes | blue, green | ||
175 | 8 strokes | wrong | |||
176 | 靣靣 | 9 strokes | face | ||
177 | 9 strokes | skin, leather, changing | |||
178 | 10 strokes | tanned leather | |||
179 | 9 strokes | chives, scallion | |||
180 | 9 strokes | sound | |||
181 | 9 strokes | important radical | big shell | ||
182 | 9 strokes | wind | |||
183 | 9 strokes | fly | |||
184 | 飠飠 | 9 strokes | important radical | eat, food | |
185 | 9 strokes | neck, head | |||
186 | 9 strokes | odor, perfume | |||
187 | 10 strokes | important radical | horse | ||
188 | 10 strokes | bone | |||
189 | 髙髙 | 10 strokes | tall, high | ||
190 | 10 strokes | long hair | |||
191 | 10 strokes | fight, battle | |||
192 | 10 strokes | sacrificial wine | |||
193 | 10 strokes | tripod, cauldron | |||
194 | 10 strokes | ghost, spirit | |||
195 | 11 strokes | important radical | fish | ||
196 | 11 strokes | important radical | bird | ||
197 | 11 strokes | salt | |||
198 | 11 strokes | deer | |||
199 | 麥麥 | 7 strokes | wheat | ||
200 | 11 strokes | hemp | |||
201 | 黃黃 | 11 strokes | yellow | ||
202 | 12 strokes | millet | |||
203 | 黑黑 | 11 strokes | black | ||
204 | 12 strokes | needlework | |||
205 | 13 strokes | frog, amphibian | |||
206 | 13 strokes | sacrificial tripod, three-legged cauldron | |||
207 | 13 strokes | drum | |||
208 | 13 strokes | mouse, rat | |||
209 | 14 strokes | nose, self | |||
210 | 齊齊 | 8 strokes | equal, alike | ||
211 | 齒齒 | 12 strokes | teeth | ||
212 | 龍龍 | 10 strokes | dragon | ||
213 | 龜龜 | 11 strokes | turtle | ||
214 | 17 strokes | flute |