Radicals › #108 皿
皿
皿 — the “dish” radical
a bowl/plate at the bottom 8 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 皿 radical (8)
監oversee, official盟alliance, oath益benefit, gain盛boom, prosper盤tray, shallow bowl盗steal, rob盆basin, lantern festival皿dish, a helping
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.