虍 — the “tiger” radical

Radical #141 6 strokesalso written 虍

the 虍 tiger crown 5 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 虍 radical (5)

虚void, emptiness 虐tyrannize, oppress 虎tiger, drunkard 虜captive, barbarian 虞fear, uneasiness

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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.