Radicals › #40 宀
宀
宀 — the “roof” radical
the “house” crown 宀 over many home-related kanji 38 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 宀 radical (38)
定determine, fix実reality, truth家house, home安relax, cheap官bureaucrat, the government容contain, form宅home, house害harm, injury宮Shinto shrine, constellations審hearing, judge守guard, protect察guess, presume室room, apartment客guest, visitor完perfect, completion富wealth, enrich寄draw near, stop in宣proclaim, say宿inn, lodging密secrecy, density (pop)宇eaves, roof宗religion, sect宙mid-air, air寝lie down, sleep宝treasure, wealth宏wide, large寛tolerant, leniency寒cold宰superintend, manager寂loneliness, quietly宴banquet, feast寧rather, preferably寮dormitory, hostel宜best regards, good寅sign of the tiger, 3-5AM寡widow, minority宵wee hours, evening宥soothe, calm
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.
