豕 — the “pig” radical

Radical #152 7 strokes

The pig radical. 3 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 豕 radical (3)

象elephant, pattern after 豪overpowering, great 豚pork, pig

← 豆 bean 貝 shell →

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.