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Radicals › #3 丶

丶 — the “dot” radical

Radical #3 1 strokes

a single dot 3 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 丶 radical (3)

lord, chiefround, full (month)rust-colored, red
← 丨 line丿 slash →

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.