Radicals › #41 寸
寸
寸 — the “inch” radical
a hand and a measure 11 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 寸 radical (11)
対vis-a-vis, opposite導guidance, leading専specialty, exclusive将leader, commander寺Buddhist temple射shoot, shine into封seal, closing尊revered, valuable尋inquire, fathom寸measurement, tenth of a shaku尉military officer, jailer
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.
