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舛 — the “oppose” radical

Radical #136 6 strokes

two feet facing apart 2 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 舛 radical (2)

dance, flittype of morning glory, rose of Sharon
← 舌 tongue舟 boat →

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.