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舌 — the “tongue” radical

Radical #135 6 strokes

The tongue radical. 1 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 舌 radical (1)

tongue, reed
← 臼 mortar舛 oppose →

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