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癶 — the “footsteps” radical

Radical #105 5 strokes

outspread legs 2 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 癶 radical (2)

departure, dischargeascend, climb up
← 疒 sickness白 white →

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.