Radicals › #118 竹
竹
竹 — the “bamboo” radical
the ⺮ crown — bamboo objects, writing 24 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 竹 radical (24)
第No., residence策scheme, plan算calculate, divining答solution, answer管pipe, tube竹bamboo筋muscle, sinew等etc., and so forth築fabricate, build籍enroll, domiciliary register笑laugh節node, season簡simplicity, brevity範pattern, example筆writing brush, writing箱box, chest簿register, record book筒cylinder, pipe笹bamboo grass, (kokuji)符token, sign笛flute, clarinet篤fervent, kind笙a reed instrument箇counter for articles
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.