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Radicals › #17 凵

凵 — the “open box” radical

Radical #17 2 strokes

open at the top 4 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 凵 radical (4)

exit, leavevillain, evilconvex, beetle browconcave, hollow
← 几 table刀 knife →

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.