Radicals › #140 艸
艸
艸 — the “grass” radical
the 艹 crown — plants, flowers (very common) 60 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 艸 radical (60)
藤wisteria葉leaf, plane落fall, drop英England, English若young, if蔵storehouse, hide花flower苦suffering, trial薬medicine, chemical芸technique, art葬interment, bury著renowned, publish草grass, weeds薄dilute, thin芝turf, lawn薦recommend, mat華splendor, flower荒laid waste, rough茶tea茂overgrown, grow thick荷baggage, shoulder-pole load蓄amass, raise菊chrysanthemum芳perfume, balmy菜vegetable, side dish荘villa, inn萩bush clover蒸steam, heat菌germ, fungus芽bud, sprout苗seedling, sapling菓candy, cakes蓮lotus薫send forth fragrance, fragrant蘭orchid, Holland茅miscanthus reed藩clan, enclosure茎stalk, stem蕉banana, plantain藍indigo苑garden, farm葵hollyhock藻seaweed, duckweed芹parsley薪fuel, firewood蔦vine, ivy芙lotus, Mt Fuji蒼blue, pale萌show symptoms of, sprout蒔sow (seeds)芋taro, yam茜madder, red dye茄eggplant茉jasmine莞smiling, reed used to cover tatami莉jasmine菖iris菫the violet蓉lotus蕗butterbur, bog rhubarb
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.
