匸 — the “hiding enclosure” radical

Radical #23 2 strokes

The hiding enclosure radical. 4 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 匸 radical (4)

区ward, district 医doctor, medicine 匹equal, head 匿hide, shelter

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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.