Radicals › #115 禾
禾
禾 — the “grain” radical
the 禾 “rice plant” on the left — crops 27 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 禾 radical (27)
私private, I税tax, duty移shift, move種species, kind程extent, degree科department, course積volume, product (x*y)秋autumn秀excel, excellence秘secret, conceal称appellation, praise秒second (1/60 minute)稲rice plant稼earnings, work秩regularity, salary稿draft, copy穏calm, quiet稚immature, young穫harvest, reap穂ear, ear (grain)穀cereals, grain稔harvest, ripen秦Manchu dynasty, name given to naturalized foreigners租tariff, crop tax稜angle, edge稀rare, phenomenal穣good crops, prosperity
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.