Radicals › #24 十
十
十 — the “ten” radical
The ten radical. 12 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 十 radical (12)
十ten協co-, cooperation午noon, sign of the horse千thousand半half, middle南south単simple, one卒graduate, soldier博Dr., command卓eminent, table卑lowly, base升measuring box, 1.8 liter
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.