Radicals › #39 子
子
子 — the “child” radical
The child radical. 9 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 子 radical (9)
学study, learning子child, sign of the rat字character, letter存exist, suppose季seasons孤orphan, alone孫grandchild, descendants孔cavity, hole孟chief, beginning
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.