Kanji Radicals (部首)
Every kanji is built from radicals — shared components that hint at meaning and are used to order kanji in dictionaries. Learn the common ones (水 water, 手 hand, 言 speech…) and complex kanji suddenly decompose into familiar pieces. Below are the 194 radicals that appear in this site's JLPT kanji, grouped by stroke count. Tap one to see every kanji that uses it.
1-stroke radicals
2-stroke radicals
二two
6 kanji亠lid
9 kanji人person
108 kanji儿legs
11 kanji入enter
2 kanji八eight / divide
8 kanji冂down box
5 kanji冖cover
3 kanji冫ice
9 kanji几table
4 kanji凵open box
4 kanji刀knife
29 kanji力power
23 kanji勹wrap
3 kanji匕spoon
2 kanji匚right open box
2 kanji匸hiding enclosure
4 kanji十ten
12 kanji卜divination
1 kanji卩seal
7 kanji厂cliff
5 kanji厶private
2 kanji又again
11 kanji
6 kanji亠lid
9 kanji人person
108 kanji儿legs
11 kanji入enter
2 kanji八eight / divide
8 kanji冂down box
5 kanji冖cover
3 kanji冫ice
9 kanji几table
4 kanji凵open box
4 kanji刀knife
29 kanji力power
23 kanji勹wrap
3 kanji匕spoon
2 kanji匚right open box
2 kanji匸hiding enclosure
4 kanji十ten
12 kanji卜divination
1 kanji卩seal
7 kanji厂cliff
5 kanji厶private
2 kanji又again
11 kanji
3-stroke radicals
口mouth
66 kanji囗enclosure
12 kanji土earth
47 kanji士scholar
5 kanji夂go
1 kanji夊go slowly
1 kanji夕evening
5 kanji大big
17 kanji女woman
34 kanji子child
9 kanji宀roof
38 kanji寸inch
11 kanji小small
3 kanji尢lame
1 kanji尸corpse
14 kanji屮sprout
1 kanji山mountain
20 kanji巛river
4 kanji工work
5 kanji己self
5 kanji巾cloth
16 kanji干dry
5 kanji幺tiny
4 kanji广dotted cliff
18 kanji廴long stride
3 kanji廾two hands
2 kanji弋shoot
2 kanji弓bow
12 kanji彐snout
2 kanji彡bristle
8 kanji彳step
19 kanji心heart
77 kanji
66 kanji囗enclosure
12 kanji土earth
47 kanji士scholar
5 kanji夂go
1 kanji夊go slowly
1 kanji夕evening
5 kanji大big
17 kanji女woman
34 kanji子child
9 kanji宀roof
38 kanji寸inch
11 kanji小small
3 kanji尢lame
1 kanji尸corpse
14 kanji屮sprout
1 kanji山mountain
20 kanji巛river
4 kanji工work
5 kanji己self
5 kanji巾cloth
16 kanji干dry
5 kanji幺tiny
4 kanji广dotted cliff
18 kanji廴long stride
3 kanji廾two hands
2 kanji弋shoot
2 kanji弓bow
12 kanji彐snout
2 kanji彡bristle
8 kanji彳step
19 kanji心heart
77 kanji
4-stroke radicals
戈halberd
5 kanji戶door
6 kanji手hand
88 kanji支branch
1 kanji攴rap
17 kanji文script
4 kanji斗dipper
3 kanji斤axe
4 kanji方square
7 kanji无not
1 kanji日sun
49 kanji曰say
6 kanji月moon
10 kanji木tree
102 kanji欠lack
10 kanji止stop
7 kanji歹death
5 kanji殳weapon
6 kanji毋do not
3 kanji比compare
1 kanji毛fur
2 kanji氏clan
2 kanji气steam
1 kanji水water
123 kanji火fire
28 kanji爪claw
1 kanji父father
1 kanji爻mix
2 kanji片slice
2 kanji牛cow
6 kanji犬dog
17 kanji
5 kanji戶door
6 kanji手hand
88 kanji支branch
1 kanji攴rap
17 kanji文script
4 kanji斗dipper
3 kanji斤axe
4 kanji方square
7 kanji无not
1 kanji日sun
49 kanji曰say
6 kanji月moon
10 kanji木tree
102 kanji欠lack
10 kanji止stop
7 kanji歹death
5 kanji殳weapon
6 kanji毋do not
3 kanji比compare
1 kanji毛fur
2 kanji氏clan
2 kanji气steam
1 kanji水water
123 kanji火fire
28 kanji爪claw
1 kanji父father
1 kanji爻mix
2 kanji片slice
2 kanji牛cow
6 kanji犬dog
17 kanji
5-stroke radicals
玄dark
2 kanji玉jade
22 kanji瓦tile
1 kanji甘sweet
2 kanji生life
2 kanji用use
2 kanji田field
16 kanji疋bolt of cloth
2 kanji疒sickness
12 kanji癶footsteps
2 kanji白white
6 kanji皮skin
1 kanji皿dish
8 kanji目eye
21 kanji矛spear
1 kanji矢arrow
4 kanji石stone
19 kanji示altar
18 kanji禾grain
27 kanji穴cave
9 kanji立stand
7 kanji
2 kanji玉jade
22 kanji瓦tile
1 kanji甘sweet
2 kanji生life
2 kanji用use
2 kanji田field
16 kanji疋bolt of cloth
2 kanji疒sickness
12 kanji癶footsteps
2 kanji白white
6 kanji皮skin
1 kanji皿dish
8 kanji目eye
21 kanji矛spear
1 kanji矢arrow
4 kanji石stone
19 kanji示altar
18 kanji禾grain
27 kanji穴cave
9 kanji立stand
7 kanji
6-stroke radicals
竹bamboo
24 kanji米rice
9 kanji糸silk
71 kanji缶jar
1 kanji网net
6 kanji羊sheep
4 kanji羽feather
9 kanji老old
3 kanji而and
1 kanji耒plow
2 kanji耳ear
7 kanji聿brush
2 kanji肉meat
38 kanji臣minister
2 kanji自oneself
2 kanji至arrive
2 kanji臼mortar
1 kanji舌tongue
1 kanji舛oppose
2 kanji舟boat
7 kanji艮stopping
1 kanji色color
2 kanji艸grass
60 kanji虍tiger
5 kanji虫insect
9 kanji血blood
2 kanji行go
6 kanji衣clothes
22 kanji襾cover
4 kanji
24 kanji米rice
9 kanji糸silk
71 kanji缶jar
1 kanji网net
6 kanji羊sheep
4 kanji羽feather
9 kanji老old
3 kanji而and
1 kanji耒plow
2 kanji耳ear
7 kanji聿brush
2 kanji肉meat
38 kanji臣minister
2 kanji自oneself
2 kanji至arrive
2 kanji臼mortar
1 kanji舌tongue
1 kanji舛oppose
2 kanji舟boat
7 kanji艮stopping
1 kanji色color
2 kanji艸grass
60 kanji虍tiger
5 kanji虫insect
9 kanji血blood
2 kanji行go
6 kanji衣clothes
22 kanji襾cover
4 kanji
7-stroke radicals
見see
7 kanji角horn
3 kanji言speech
65 kanji谷valley
1 kanji豆bean
2 kanji豕pig
3 kanji貝shell
31 kanji赤red
2 kanji走run
7 kanji足foot
9 kanji車cart
16 kanji辛bitter
2 kanji辰morning
3 kanji辵walk
52 kanji邑city
14 kanji酉wine
13 kanji釆distinguish
2 kanji里village
3 kanji
7 kanji角horn
3 kanji言speech
65 kanji谷valley
1 kanji豆bean
2 kanji豕pig
3 kanji貝shell
31 kanji赤red
2 kanji走run
7 kanji足foot
9 kanji車cart
16 kanji辛bitter
2 kanji辰morning
3 kanji辵walk
52 kanji邑city
14 kanji酉wine
13 kanji釆distinguish
2 kanji里village
3 kanji
8-stroke radicals
金metal
31 kanji長long
1 kanji門gate
10 kanji阜mound
29 kanji隶slave
1 kanji隹small bird
11 kanji雨rain
14 kanji靑blue / green
3 kanji非wrong
1 kanji
31 kanji長long
1 kanji門gate
10 kanji阜mound
29 kanji隶slave
1 kanji隹small bird
11 kanji雨rain
14 kanji靑blue / green
3 kanji非wrong
1 kanji
9-stroke radicals
面face
1 kanji革leather
3 kanji音sound
3 kanji頁leaf / head
19 kanji風wind
2 kanji飛fly
1 kanji食eat
10 kanji首head
1 kanji
1 kanji革leather
3 kanji音sound
3 kanji頁leaf / head
19 kanji風wind
2 kanji飛fly
1 kanji食eat
10 kanji首head
1 kanji
