Radicals › #12 八
八
八 — the “eight / divide” radical
also means to divide 8 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 八 radical (8)
八eight六six公public, prince共together, both兵soldier, private具tool, utensil典code, ceremony兼concurrently, and
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.