Radicals › #18 刀
刀
刀 — the “knife” radical
the right-side 刂 means blade/cut 29 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 刀 radical (29)
前in front, before制system, law初first time, beginning判judgement, judgment利profit, advantage別separate, branch off割proportion, comparatively切cut, cutoff副vice-, assistant券ticket劇drama, play創genesis, wound則rule, law削plane, sharpen刊publish, carve刑punish, penalty刻engrave, cut fine列file, row刺thorn, pierce到arrival, proceed剤dose, medicine剣sabre, sword刷printing, print剰surplus, besides剛sturdy, strength刈reap, cut刃blade, sword刀sword, saber剖divide
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.
