Radicals › #66 攴
攴
攴 — the “rap” radical
a hand with a stick — “to strike/action” 17 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 攴 radical (17)
政politics, government改reformation, change数number, strength教teach, faith放set free, release整organize, arranging敗failure, defeat攻aggression, attack故happenstance, especially散scatter, disperse救salvation, save敏cleverness, agile敬awe, respect敵enemy, foe敷spread, pave敦industry, kindliness敢daring, brave
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.
