殳 — the “weapon” radical

Radical #79 4 strokes

a lance/action 6 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 殳 radical (6)

段grade, steps 殺kill, murder 殿Mr., hall 殴assault, hit 毅strong 殻husk, nut shell

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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.