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儿 — the “legs” radical

Radical #10 2 strokes

two legs walking 11 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 儿 radical (11)

party, factionbefore, aheadbeginning, former timeray, lightnewborn babe, childallot, fillexcuse, dismissalportent, 10**12elder brother, big brotherovercome, kindlylicense, sincerity
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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.