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一 — the “one” radical

Radical #1 1 strokes

the single horizontal stroke 17 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 一 radical (17)

onethreeabove, upbelow, downnegative, non-sevengeneration, worldboth, old Japanese coinbestow, participate inten thousand, 10,000row, andstreet, wardhill, knollsign of the ox or cow, 1-3AMthird class, 3rdmoreover, alsohelp
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Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.