牛 — the “cow” radical

Radical #93 4 strokesalso written 牛

cattle — left-side radical 6 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.

Kanji using the 牛 radical (6)

物thing, object 特special 犠sacrifice 牛cow 牲animal sacrifice, offering 牧breed, care for

← 片 slice 犬 dog →

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.