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而 — the “and” radical

Radical #126 6 strokes

a beard; the conjunction 而 1 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 而 radical (1)

-proof, enduring
← 老 old耒 plow →

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.