Radicals › #170 阜
阜
阜 — the “mound” radical
the left-side 阝 — hills, terrain 29 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 阜 radical (29)
院Inst., institution際occasion, side防ward off, defend限limit, restrict階storey, stair除exclude, division (x/3)降descend, precipitate隊regiment, party険precipitous, inaccessible place陸land, six障hinder, hurt陣camp, battle array陽sunshine, yang principle隣neighboring隠conceal, hide隆hump, high阿Africa, flatter陥collapse, fall into阻thwart, separate from陳exhibit, state隔isolate, alternate陰shade, yin随follow, though陛highness, steps (of throne)隅corner, nook陶pottery, porcelain陵mausoleum, imperial tomb陪obeisance, follow附affixed, attach
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.
