角 — the “horn” radical

Radical #148 7 strokes

also “corner” 3 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 角 radical (3)

解unravel, notes 角angle, corner 触contact, touch

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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.