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Radicals › #160 辛

辛 — the “bitter” radical

Radical #160 7 strokes

spicy, hardship 2 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 辛 radical (2)

resign, wordspicy, bitter
← 車 cart辰 morning →

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